halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
naked eye; the physical eye
by today; before the day is over
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to smoke out; to flush out with smoke
to harm; to cause harm to
as one pleases; self-indulgently; freely; without restraint; at will
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
lying low (and awaiting one's chance); biding one's time; submitting at first (to then strike later)
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
peaceful; quiet; uneventful
number of times; frequency; count
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
how much; how many; however
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
long-serving soldier; veteran
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
feel; touch; manner (towards others); most impressive part; best part; beginning
you could say that; that might be so
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
keen eye; sharp eye; keen insight; keen perception
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
whatever happens; no matter what; under any circumstances; in any case; at all costs; at any price
to be impolite; to be discourteous
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious