intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
this occasion; at this time; now
scale; scope; plan; structure
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
to be injured; to sustain a wound
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
as if it were about oneself
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
complicated and mysterious
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
first-year (university) student; freshman; (one of the) first graduates of a new school
two classes; double; two sets
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
matter of time; question of time
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; cannibalization; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to mix; to blend; to combine
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
perforation; punching; boring; drilling
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips