discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
intelligence gathering; information gathering
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
no way!; no chance!; I don't want to do it!
communication skills; communication ability
quarrel; dispute; argument
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
green; wet behind the ears; immature; (lit.) smelling of milk
fine jewel; article of excellent quality; beautiful woman; beauty
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
blow; shock; strike; batting
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
moment to quit; way to quit
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
to acquire a position; to hold an appointment
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through