good performance; good work; great success
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
self-interest; selfish desire
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
in succession; one after another
reason; cause; circumstances
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
covering; protection; backing; relief
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
several years; a few years
(not) a single person; (no) one
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
to come into being; to be born
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to be touching; to be moving
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)