to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
flight; desertion; escape
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to leave (a scene); to step away
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
putting into operation; invocation
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
visual confirmation; sighting
sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sharp-witted; shrewd; clever
quick work; (clever) feat
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
to be too late; to be too slow
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
physical strength; muscular strength