to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to challenge (a person) to a fight
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
immediately; right away; on the spot
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to knock down; to knock off
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)