taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
to keep secret; to conceal
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to be smeared; to be covered
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
human pillar; human sacrifice
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
thrusting (a spear, etc.)
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke