return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
risky speculation; big gamble; large bet
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to put one's life on the line
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
probe each other; sound each other out
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
to discard; to abandon; to neglect; to let be
to hurt; to smart; to sting
beyond comparison; incomparable
prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
dawn; daybreak; beginning
longevity; prolongation of life
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
morality; moral principles
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
being the strongest; being powerful (mighty) without equal
to stereotype; to squeeze into a pattern; to regiment
poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip; having weak defenses; off one's guard; vulnerable (to attack)
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing