expansion; swelling; increase; growth
cannot be helped; unavoidable
main battery; main armament; best hitter; center of the offense
to lose heart; to lose motivation
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
transport staff (driver, conductor, etc.); crew member; crewman
to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)
being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one
weird; disgusting; sickening
as one flesh or body; simultaneously
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
to kick over; to kick down
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
wide-open; frank; open; candid
slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
hair on the back of one's head
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
remaining quantity; residual quantity
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
two people riding together (on a bike, etc.); riding double
to laugh scornfully; to sneer at
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
viscous; mushy; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky