cane; walking stick; staff; wand
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
changing again and again; seesawing back and forth; being in a state of flux
moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative
to foreshadow; to drop a hint (of things to come); to take precautionary measures; to make contingency plans
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to burst (open); to break; to split
to form a group; to form a bunch
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
to provide momentum; to give a boost to; to encourage; to spur; to stimulate
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
steel; sword steel; sword
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
round shape; circle; circular form
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
omen; sign; notice; indication
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to look around; to look towards (us)
to keep standing; to stand motionless
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to help carry a load; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade