to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
small number; few; minority
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to weave into; to interweave; to incorporate; to include; to put in
lightning strike; lightning bolt
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
as one pleases; self-indulgently; freely; without restraint; at will
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
settlement (of a dispute); making amends; settling a score; money paid to settle a dispute
you (plural); all of you; you all
battlefield; battleground
outbreak of war; starting a war
that; he; she; that person
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
heated wire; infrared rays; heat rays
becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
to gain fame; to make one's name
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
useless resistance; vain struggle
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to strike dead; to beat to death