best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
short distance; short range; short-haul
to shake off; to throw off
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
intercept; interception; counter-attack
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
a few seconds; several seconds
flight; desertion; escape
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
four (long cylindrical things)
crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
three; three years of age
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
both; both sides; both parties
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
pale; pallid; bluish-white
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
guidance; leadership; leading the way