flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
very likely; very probable
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
to attempt; to test; to try out
getting on board; sailor; seaman
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
younger scholar; future reference
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
offering a full report to a superior
topographic map; elevation map
going north; heading northward
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
main theater of war; principal battlefield
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
private citizen; civilian
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
sprinkling water over; irrigating
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
extremely dangerous; full of peril
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); to speak (to each other)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront