strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
wide difference; a world of difference
sorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.); melancholic
covered in mud; mud-caked
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
sudden infant death syndrome; SIDS
treating someone (to food or drink); dinner; wonderful food; (arch.) running about
(carved) statue; sculpture
break in time; interruption; pause
with a boing; with a sproing; with a crack; with a pop; (hitting) with vigour; with a kick
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
increase in production; production increase
weekend carpentry; do-it-yourself; DIY; weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
obliteration; annihilation
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
powerful person; influential person
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
recorded in history; historical
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
adoration; admiration; devotion
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
heap; pile; stack; full measure
gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure