to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
impossible; unlikely; improbable
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
everything; anything; nothing
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
vassals; retainers; followers
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
even though it is not; despite not
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation