losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
several people; a few people
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on
goal to strive for; challenge
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
proposed solution; idea for a solution
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
on one hand; on the other hand
still; as yet; as it has been
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
large amount of money; great cost
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
sharing; share (on social media); market share
storekeeper; shopkeeper; proprietor of a shop