fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
be (that) as it may; having said that
acrobatics; acrobatic performance; stunt
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
thorough (criticism, defeat, etc.); utter; serious
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
independent action; acting alone
group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
(in) her way; peculiar to her
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
battle of words; debate; argument; dispute
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood