sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
to pierce through; to break through
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
extra (charge, fare, etc.); premium; bonus; (after a number) tenths increase
this for sure; certainly is
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
emotional strength; force of will
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
messenger; envoy; emissary
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
great war; great battle; world war
each nation; many nations; many countries
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
nature; property; disposition
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
since one was born; (in) all one's life
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number