grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
but; however; provided that
several minutes; a few minutes
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
glue (usu. from animal and fish bone, skin, etc.)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
war; battle; match; game; competition
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
three-digit number; hundreds column
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to shoot or fire off an arrow
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to cease; to stop; to be over
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
river surface; surface of a river
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
large build; large pattern
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other