cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to scrape off; to plane off
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
slight intoxication; being tipsy
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
otherwise; or else; if not
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
standing tree; standing timber
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
to summon; to get used to call
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
to find out; to discover; to detect
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
invisibly; secretly; privately
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
rotary wing (aircraft); rotor
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
to shake off; to throw off