trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to be in danger of; to be liable to
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)
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to mix; to blend; to combine
to name; to call; to christen; to term
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
wherein; therein; thereinto
to squash; to crush; to flatten
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
esoteric doctrines; mysteries
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to be perturbed; to be agitated
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
perforation; punching; boring; drilling
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
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
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
jōjutsu; form of martial art using a cane staff