rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to knock down; to utterly defeat
choice; selection; option
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
decisive battle of brief duration
playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
white clothing; white robes (worn for Shinto rituals, funerals, etc.)
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
depression; low spirits; dejection
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
whole day and night; 24 hours
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
to control; to command; to get the better of
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
frequency (of occurrence)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
odds and ends; all; every
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly