to narrow; to reduce; to contract
leader; guide; mentor; coach
magnificent; grand; splendid; imposing
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
guess; conjecture; surmise
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
flowing through; conduction
love and believe in; intimacy
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
to command; to dominate; to prevent; to obstruct; to grip; to hold
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
on the occasion of; at the time of
notice; attention; observation
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
god of thunder; Raijin (god of thunder)
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
thick makeup; heavy makeup
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
complete victory; total victory
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit