scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
on the least pretext; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance; at the drop of a hat
hold; holding; long press (touchscreen gesture); touch and hold; hold (in rock climbing or bouldering); hold (in wrestling)
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to forget to say; to forget to mention
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony
consoling the spirits of the dead
bringing; taking; carrying
bunch of flowers; bouquet
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
intropunitive; self-punishing
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
rule; reign; peaceful times
hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
persons who have fallen in battle
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
signature; signing; sealing
to put an end (to); to bring to an end; to close the books (on); (lit.) to put a period (at the end of a sentence)