electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
pounding (of one's heart); throbbing; thumping; heartily (eating); devouring; munching
to overdo; to do too much
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
to compete with; to vie for
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
poor village; desolate village; lonely village; remote village
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
comic actor; comedian; comic performer
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
long-cherished desire; satisfaction (from achieving one's desire)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
to be smeared; to be covered
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
remaining bullets; remaining ammunition
burlesque; low comedy; farce
(lower) jaw; chin; mentum; chatterbox
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
many obstacles; innumerable difficulties
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name