to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to laugh at someone scornfully; to scoff at
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to jump from one thing to another
should not be; must not be
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to brave a danger; to take a risk
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
meaning; connotation; denotation
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
battlefield; battleground
hegemony; leadership; initiative
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
continuation of war, fighting or battle
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
and then; and so; and; so then
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
to like; to love; to be fond of
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
cannot be helped; nothing can be done; hopeless