retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
building (construction) site
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to feign ignorance; to play dumb
to cut corners; to be shoddy
coaxial mounting; multiple mounting
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible
left breast; left side of the chest
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to keep (a person) waiting
killing time; staving off boredom
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to jump at; to be attracted by
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to surround; to crowd around
last ray of hope; only hope
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction