to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to become dim; to become blurred
how; in what way; by what means
amount of material resources
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; (lit.) even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots
very likely; very probable
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
applicant; candidate; volunteer
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
something like ...; something called ...
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
jewel; precious stone; gem
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
putting a plan into operation
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
advance; moving forward; progress
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
running water; flowing water; stream
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to move forward; to move on
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse