reconnoitering party; scout (army)
battle station; action stations
armed forces; battle troops
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
to succeed; to bear fruit
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
retention; maintenance; preservation
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
parched or roasted beans (or soybeans)
munching; crunching; (lightly) scratching (an itch)
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
refining; refinement; smelting; training
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
victim; injured party; sufferer
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person