ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
contract; compact; agreement
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
battlefield; battleground
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to step over or across; to overcome
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
means; way; method; measure
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances