perception; sensation; awareness
amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger
(one's) current position; current location; present position
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
blink of an eye; instant; moment
(providing) covering fire; supporting (someone in a debate, dispute, etc.); backing (someone) up
literally; to the letter; literal
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
in succession; one by one
to jump from one thing to another
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
within; inside of; less than
of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
visual confirmation; sighting
storehouse; warehouse; godown
street; quarter; district; area
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
container (e.g. shipping); skip
reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
cargo; freight; money or assets
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
return fire; shooting back
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
three times; thrice; third (interval)
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
it's no joke; gimme a break!
pleasant sound; pleasing sound; crack (of a baseball bat); (pleasant) roar (of an engine)
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
(set of) facial features; looks