termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
accomplishment; execution
existence; being; life; survival
probability; likelihood; chances
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
passing through without stopping; passing by
to slide into; to slip into
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
foolishness; stupidity; silliness
swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
union; joining; conjugation
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
anyone; any person; whoever
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
dozens; scores of; decades