to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
countermeasure; counter-measure
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
as planned; according to plan
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
to do someone in; to bump someone off
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
in the end; at the end of the day
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
capital strength (of an enterprise)
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation