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)
turn; turn (melodic ornament); turn (in a game)
surface of a board (shogi, go, etc.); (state of) the board; development of a game; surface of a record
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
changing one's attitude or response according to 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 swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
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; win; conquest; success
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
emotional strength; force of will
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); 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
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug