to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.)
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
largest ever; biggest; record
core (of planets, stars, galaxies, etc.); nucleus (of comets, galaxies, etc.)
positive and negative (numbers); plus and minus (signs); positive and negative (poles)
rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
viscous; sticky; gluey; viscosity
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
to call in; to invite; to bring in
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
to pass each other; to cross paths
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
bloodshed; (lit.) rain of blood
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
wandering; rambling; roaming
fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
going upstream; sailing against the current
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
simplification (character, hair-style, etc.); unbalancing an opponent
understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
skin graft; skin transplant
heart and lungs; cardiopulmonary bypass; heart-lung machine; CPB pump
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords