series of battles; successive battles
value; worth; virtue; blessing
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
tornado; whirlwind; waterspout; twister
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to haul up; to pull up (with both hands); to reel in
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
want to ... do something; would like to ...
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied; to feel refreshed
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
with a snap; (breaking) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
to become frayed; to become loose
whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)
information; news; report; reward; retribution
degree of attention; profile
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
need for approval; desire for recognition; esteem needs
priority level; degree of relative priority
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow