break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
guidance; leadership; leading the way
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
to run away; to escape safely
patience; endurance; perseverance
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
first attack; first strike; first blow
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
next; secondly; subsequently
hard blow; crushing blow; severe attack
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
bolting upright; rearing up (horse)
to shake off; to throw off
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
corruption (of order, public morals, etc.); subversion; degradation; collapse (of an organization, system, etc.); falling apart
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
armed might; military power; the sword; force
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight