superiority; predominance
reduction by half; halving
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to get one's head around; to think about
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
pregnancy; conception; gestation
scale; scope; plan; structure
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to become dim; to become blurred
large build; large pattern
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
thousands; several thousand
to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head
start of a war; beginning of hostilities
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
to glare at each other; to confront each other
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to surrender; to give in; to yield; to submit; (lit.) to bend one's knee
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
bluff; false show of power; bold front
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known