reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
battle royal; battle royale (genre)
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
Taoist sexual alchemy (supposed to prolong the practitioner's life)
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
plural; multiple; plural (number)
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
ex post facto report; report after the event
probability; likelihood; chances
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus (species of minnow)
sub-; second-rate; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
chance (of success); odds
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
training (animals); breaking (animals)
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to gain a victory; to win
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops