retreat; withdrawal; retirement
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
glance; glimpse; cursory view
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
since when; from when; how long
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
perfect; complete; flawless
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
to be muddy; to be slushy
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
how long; how far; how much
group; bunch; crowd; group
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
moment; brief space of time