grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
hitting ratio; hit rate; success rate; accuracy rate
directly under; falling perpendicularly
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
new product; new line (of products)
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
about when; about what time; how soon
experiential; empirical; experimental
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
scribbling; doodling; graffiti
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel; final desperate tactic
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
close quarters combat; CQC
close quarters combat; CQC
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
Thales (Greek mathematician, c.624-546 BCE)
defense contractor; defence contractor; defense industry; defence industry
Aldebaran (star in the constellation Taurus); Alpha Tauri
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge