gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
corps of musketeers; matchlock troops; firearms squad
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
billow; surge; large wave
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
at that (very) moment; just then
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
temporary; transitory; short-lived
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)