to trample; to crush underfoot
black; dark; dark; shady; noir
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
old friend; old acquaintance
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
rival; competitor; competition
method of bringing up; method of raising
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once
to discuss; to talk together
to accept; to receive; to agree
to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
declaration of war; proclamation of war
the front; honest; upright; decent
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
(political) power; authority; influence
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
single word; a few words; brief comment