attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
in one's hands; in one's control
power; might; authority; influence
main battery; main armament; best hitter; center of the offense
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
main theater of war; principal battlefield; main market; principal area of competition
mountain climbing; mountaineering
within; inside of; less than
distance in a straight line; distance as the crow flies
to tower over the surroundings
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
protracted war; war of attrition
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
strategy meeting; council of war
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
formidable person; shrewd person; certain person (e.g. whose name cannot be disclosed); someone; (arch.) that sort of person; (arch.) that kind of person
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
feelings; thoughts; meaning
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
in the end; at the end of the day
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
preface; introduction; preamble
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
surely; certainly; without doubt