locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
to be able to manage somehow or other
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
(in) the air; midair; sky
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
a few seconds; several seconds
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
fall; drop; descent; coming down
spot; point; place; position
to bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
chain mail (armor, armour)
why; how; for what reason
bow and arrow; weapon; arms