to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
foolishness; stupidity; silliness
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
piece of meat; cut of meat
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
dealing with; coping with
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
beforehand; in advance; previously
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall