important place; strategic point; critical location
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
heart and soul; all one's heart; all one's energy
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
main theater of war; principal battlefield; main market; principal area of competition
heather (plant); heath; heath; heathland
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
on a floor; above floor level
clearly; distinctly; evidently; definitely
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
hemorrhagic shock; haemorrhagic shock
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
just like; the same as; no different than
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
the New Year begins; the New Year starts; to end (e.g. apprenticeship, service)
state funeral; national funeral
everlasting; immortal; eternal; enduring; undying; imperishable
heroic legend; legend of heroes
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent