bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
skill; dexterity; master hand
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
not necessarily so; is not always true
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
steady; firm; solid; secure
that kind; competition; match
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
how long; how far; how much
second day of the month; two days
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
repetition of position (in chess, shogi, etc.); repetition draw
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
perfect; complete; flawless
sense of values; values; value system
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to