blow; hit (on the body); beating
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
both armies; both teams; both sides
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
diversion; putting something to another use
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
power balance; balance of power
defense capability (defence)
rational; reasonable; logical
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to have a chill run down one's spine
hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
by sheer strength; by brute force
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot
confusion; mixing; merger
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
darkness of the night; black of night; dead of night
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
dish drainer; drainer tray; draining basket; perforated basket