to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
opening and closing; opening and shutting
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
looking on from afar; being a spectator
to come to bloodshed; to see bloodshed
as time passes; with the passing of time; with time
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to surge; to well up; to gush out
innumerable; countless; numberless
to tumble down; to roll down
sword skills; swordsmanship
this (very thing); this precisely
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
to become fraught with emotion
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
accumulation; accumulate; store
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
just one person; only one
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up