saber (cavalry sword); sabre
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
chapter one; first chapter
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
to read aloud; to read to someone
volunteer activities; volunteerism
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
Let's Play (playthrough of a video game with player commentary)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
amount of material resources
to make sense; to be meaningful
self-storage unit; (rental) storage room; trunk (of a car); boot
paca (any of either species of paca, esp. lowland paca, Agouti paca)
spattering; splotching; step-by-step; little-by-little; soon; clicking; clacking
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
though; even if; whether ... or ...
letting (someone) die without helping
impossibly hard video game
saving (e.g. energy); cutting down on (e.g. alcohol); save; save
redoing; doing over again
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
funeral service; memorial service; farewell ceremony (e.g. for a retiree)
quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
cold; cold cream; cold wave; cold permanent wave
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest