battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
here and there; in places
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
last days; the end; one's fate
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
going straight on; going straight ahead
useful thing; usable article; present; gift
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
another kind; different kind; distinct species
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
tuna; Pacific bluefin tuna
longitudinal direction; vertical direction; portrait orientation
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones
visual confirmation; sighting
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous