intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
trend; tendency; momentum
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
human kindness; human weakness
to be put to shame (of an expert); to be no match (for someone); (lit.) to run away barefoot
innocent; cherubic; childlike
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
to save; to leave over; to spare
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large side; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
to rush (one's opponent) from below with arms folded; to perform kachiage
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
to make a fool of (someone)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
the past is the past; let bygones be bygones
parallel universe; alternative reality; parallel world