locational advantage; advantageous position
one leap (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); one jump; one step; jumping (with both feet together)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
someone who is in their element; (lit.) fish that has found water
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith (and marrow)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player
personal; individual; private
front; first line; spearhead
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
on one's face; one's face; (arch.) meeting face-to-face; (arch.) seeing in person
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
being bunched up together; being crowded together
to take command; to give direction
sea of blood; pool of blood
to self-advertise; to boast; to dwell at length (on merits)
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
bad pun; corny joke; worn-out joke; dad joke
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)