offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
hegemony; leadership; initiative
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
in case of; at that time; at this time
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
immediately; right away; on the spot
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
receiving an electric shock
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
skimming (illegally copying credit cards with a swipe device)
entry; going into; approach
heat island; urban heat island
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own