skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death
countermeasure; counter-measure
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (a tooth); loading (a gun with ammunition, a camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
loading; charging; filling
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
genuine; authentic; true; real
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
solitude; loneliness; isolation
error of judgment; miscalculation; bad decision
blunder; slip; error; error
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
shape; form; security; collateral; obverse of an old zeni coin
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing