maintenance; preservation; improvement
cooling; refrigeration; cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.)
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
strong reaction (against); (transplant) rejection
hegemony; leadership; initiative
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
resignation; acceptance; consolation
prospects of victory; chances of success
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key
Cocytus (river in the Greek underworld); Kokytos
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
predation; eating prey; preying upon
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to tame (an animal); to domesticate
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
thought; idea; conception
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
bet; wager; stake; gamble