ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
craftsman; skilled artisan
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
approaching the enemy; (coming into) contact with the enemy; engaging the enemy
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
to ask a question; to ask questions
common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); chimpanzee; chimp
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
Battle Royale (novel by Kōshun Takami, 1999; film, 2000)
to do together; to share; to participate in
bloody; gory; covered in blood; desperate; frantic
clione (small floating sea slug of the genus Clione, esp. of species Clione limacina); naked sea butterfly; sea angel
transcendence; transcendency
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
ordinary; plain; commonplace; usual; normal
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf