refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
protracted war; war of attrition
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
chance (of success); odds
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to shut in; to confine; to contain
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
gossip; corner of the mouth
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream