traditional Japanese handball (game)
sliding down (a slope, mountainside); slipping down
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
scrap (metal); clipping (from a newspaper, magazine, etc.); cutting; scrapbook
dignity; majesty; sanctity
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
to fight with swords; to cross swords
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
(looking) very bleak; having dim prospects
having little left; having few remaining; running short; running low; scant
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
bone marrow; medulla; heart's core; depths of one's heart; main point; vital part
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
a dime a dozen; two a penny
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
serves you right!; see what happens!
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning