boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
very; greatly; exceedingly
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
means of transportation; transport service
concession; conciliation; compromise
common use; communal use; sharing
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
historic; historical; traditional
peace conference; peace talks
long (time); protracted; prolonged
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.); vital point; crux