close; intimate; on good terms
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game
to be itching to put one's skills to use
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
health management; health maintenance; health care
superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts
cookware; cooking utensil
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove; household; family
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
way; method; means; resource; course
human usage; (for) use by people
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to call each other; to call out to one another
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove