impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
young person; youth; young
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
surface of a board or record
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
changing one's attitude or response according who one is talking to or dealing with
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
this, that and the other; this and that
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
resignation; giving up the game for lost
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
tear gland; lacrimal gland
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
emotional strength; force of will
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance