counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
isolation; being alone; being friendless
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
as; because; with; due to
complete change; about-face
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
matter of time; question of time
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to extend; to expand; to spread out
safety zone; traffic island
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to be nearing death; to be dying
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan