ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
question; inquiry; enquiry
deed; act; work; performance
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
(another's) daughter; young lady
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to pile up; to accumulate
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster of Paris
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
immediately; right away; on the spot
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to slide into; to slip into
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to get tired out; to be exhausted
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
going back to the beginning (in a discussion, argument, etc.); returning to the fundamental points (of the issue at hand); discussion of how things began (in the first place)
mountain climbing; mountaineering
the start of a climb up a hill
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd