remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
several people; a few people
chatteringly; wittering on; prattling on; blathering on
now; at this time; as such; for this reason; hence
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
draw (in competition); tie game
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to lie in wait; to wait for an opportunity to hurt someone; (lit.) to sharpen one's fangs
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
to live through; to survive
diligent; absorbed (in something)
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
decrease; reduction; decline
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
leader; guide; mentor; coach
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
plan; scheme; stratagem; plot; trick