maintenance; preservation; improvement
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
observation; survey; watching
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
literally; to the letter; literal
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
failure; mistake; blunder
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
helping each other; supporting each other; mutual cooperation; give and take; reciprocity; interdependence
thunderous roar; roaring sound
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave