skill; dexterity; master hand
kin; catty; pound (unit of weight); loaf (of bread)
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
one end; an end; part; fragment
fair and square; open and aboveboard
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
anything and everything; just about everything
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
series of battles; successive battles
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
both armies; both teams; both sides
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
agreement; stipulation; contract
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
feeling of disappointment; sense of dismay
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
but; however; even though; even if
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
interruption; suspension; break
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross