going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
design concept; design philosophy; basic ideas behind a design
agreement; rule; arrangement; decision
countermeasure; counter-measure
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
sense of unity; sense of oneness
cargo pants; cargo trousers
ready with a rifle leveled
very small fraction (of); very small proportion; very small part; tiny bit
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
one's physical safety; personal security
to change the position of
section; cross section; profile
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
to wipe off; to wipe out; to expunge
scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart
inaccurate; incorrect; inexact; imprecise
puddle of blood; pool of blood
too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much
to push aside; to brush aside
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
divider; (pair of) dividers
US military; United States Armed Forces
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
injured person; wounded person
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously