substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
waiting to see one's opponent's move; playing a waiting game
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
contradiction; inconsistency
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
before and after; earlier and later; order; occurring almost simultaneously; inversion (of order)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
by myself; in person; by oneself
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
tendency; trend; inclination
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary
together; mutually; fellow
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
with a whoosh; with a swish; with a whirl; whizzing by
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
how; in what way; by what means