everybody; every last one of them; all
to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt; to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer
to be hesitant; to feel timid
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
slave (device); slave (person)
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
to some extent; to a certain extent
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
throwaway; disposable; single-use
step; stride; counter for steps
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
treatment (of a person); dealing with
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
supporting role (actor); minor role
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode