art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
to approach; to draw near
moment by moment; hour by hour
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
alone; by oneself; on one's own
while; even though; despite
to become possible; to become able to (do)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
pursuer; pursuing party; posse; (arch.) tailwind; (arch.) favorable wind; (arch.) fair wind
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
perfect; complete; flawless
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
already; now; no longer; not any more
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
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
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
how long; how far; how much
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
in the morning; during the morning
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration