in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
acceleration; speeding up
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
vigorous advance (while attacking the enemy); sweeping advance; string of wins; series of great successes; unbroken run of success (in business, entertainment, etc.)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
to feel angry; to feel annoyed; to feel offended
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
simple honesty; tactless frankness
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out