to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
caller; visitor; company; guest
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to be broken into pieces; to be in a jumble; to be in disarray; to be thrown into turmoil
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
to master something (through personal experience)
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
to trample (down); to crush (by trampling); to ravage
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions)
surname; family name; last name
battlefield; battleground
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
vomiting blood; hematemesis
breathing exercise; breath control; spirit cultivation; chi kung; qigong
telephone directory; telephone book; phone book
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to begin to do; to start doing; to cater; to make and deliver (food)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
thrust; driving force; propulsion
on board a ship; aboard a ship
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
whatever (the case may be)
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
yes; wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan
strong smell of grass (esp. in summer heat)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold