sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
flustered; confused; panicked
to temper thoroughly; to train well
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
long time; several hours; long spell
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
from the viewpoint of; according to
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
consideration; taking into account
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
even if ...; even supposing that ...
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
forevermore; for eternity
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict