stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple)
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
completely changed; totally transformed
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
self-protection; self-defence
(metaphorically) floating with the tide
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
subordinate work; assistant; domestic duties; servant; maid
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
firmly rooted; deep-seated
(phenotypic) trait; (hereditary) character; allele
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to become pale; to turn pale
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
throwing up; vomiting; croaking (of a frog); ribbit ribbit; gross!; yuck!
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
abandoned building; derelict building
to claim victims; to leave casualties
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
sexual arousal; sexual excitation
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
root; source; origin; cause
chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen