coverall apron; cook's apron
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
supporting role (actor); minor role
hard struggle; strenuous effort
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety
assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
personal combat; one-to-one fight
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
bet; wager; stake; gamble
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
to succeed; to bear fruit
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
perception; sensation; awareness
crossed eyes; convergent strabismus
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
wherein; therein; thereinto
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 surround; to encircle; to enclose
inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with