war; battle; match; game; competition
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to attack; to assault; to assail
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
high voltage; high pressure
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
otherwise; or else; if not
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
desperation; self-abandonment
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill