to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
famous picture; masterpiece (painting); film classic
snapping (e.g. fingers) sound; with a pop
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
vocal sound; tone of voice
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to feel oneself indebted to
to detain; to check; to restrain
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
rampancy; prevalence; domination
curtain; hanging; bunting
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
lower region; lower part; region below
top of the head; crown of the head
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
something that leaps or thrusts out
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
sword; blade; single stroke
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution