practicality; utility; usefulness
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
to try all possible means
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
number of times; frequency; count
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
absorption; suction; attraction
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
expectation; anticipation; forecast
to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling