lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
training; drilling; strengthening
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest
start; beginning; first step; clue
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
war situation; progress of a battle
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
when; how soon; how long until
official business; public business
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to overflow from something full
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation
knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)