now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
you (plural); all of you; you all
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
counter for birds or rabbits
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
toss (of a ball); tossing; (coin) toss
now; the present time; just now; another; more
prohibition; inhibition; ban
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
influence; effect; impact
floater serve (volleyball); serve with no spin
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is