puzzle ring; wire puzzle; exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
contrivance; bit of fiddling; little ingenuity; bit more (e.g. food)
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
presumption; assumption; estimation
letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
8000; eight thousand; many
all-out confrontation; total confrontation
major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
political judgement; political decision
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
going to and fro; back and forth
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
thermoregulation (of the body)
dress coordination; costume coordination; fitting session; costume fitting
hairpiece; hair filler; artificial hair; wig
to turn one's back (on the enemy)