to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
something like that; that sort of thing; something natural; something plausible
incessantly; continuously; continually; unceasingly; without a break
old body; aged person; elderly person
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
to cry and beg for mercy; to apologize in tears
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
to look upwards; to look up
big frame; large figure; huge body
greedy; avaricious; covetous
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
contents (of a container, stomach, etc.); things inside
extensive; vast range; wide scope
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
right in the midst of; right at the height of
to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself; to wear; to cover
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
are you serious?; is that for real?
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)