rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
to knock down; to bring down
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
road over a mountain pass
clear; precise; definite; distinct
hostility; animosity; enmity
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of
heating power; thermal power; firepower
the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.); the moment of running into each other; the moment of crossing paths
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
horse laugh; guffaw; wild laughter
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
to raise one's voice; to shout
bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)