structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
right side; right-hand side
two (long cylindrical things)
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
hair (on the head); (a) hair
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
to suit; to match; to become; to be like