thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
advance; moving forward; progress
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
obviously; as we all know; needless to say; of course; it goes without saying
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
two times; twice; two degrees
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of
series of battles; successive battles
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
right under; directly below; right beneath
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
eternal slumber; everlasting rest; death
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
waste of effort; thankless task
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
particularly; only; in the case of
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains; to make efforts; to break a bone
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...