to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
to raise one's voice; to shout
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to fold up; to fold into layers
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
defense; defence; protection
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
applications; uses; how to operate; operation procedures
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
assistance; backing; reinforcements
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
decrease; reduction; decline
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
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
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression