grasp; catch; understanding
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
to take flight; to disappear
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
real intention; true motive; true meaning
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to recall; to remember; to recollect
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
second day of the month; two days
to take up one's residence
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
phantom; vision; illusion
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to join together; to combine; to join up
phantom; vision; illusion
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
conifer; needle-leaved tree
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
beforehand; in advance; previously
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with