snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
how; in what way; by what means
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
all present; all concerned; all of us
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to breathe while sleeping
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
expressing one's mind; speaking out
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to discuss; to talk together
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
protracted war; war of attrition