to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to be helpful; to be useful
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
(public) peace; stability; tranquility; tranquillity
and so; therefore; for that reason
innumerable; countless; numberless
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
holding down (esp. in judo); holding technique; pinning down; immobilizing; bringing under control
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
opening and shutting; opening and closing
no regrets; without regrets
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally