predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
and yet; though; when; in spite of
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
disorder; disturbance; unrest
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
firm; strong; solid; stable
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
several shots; several blows
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to move around; to move about; to get around
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
first rider in a charge; first (person) to arrive
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
very great; enormous; serious
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on