to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
means of transportation; means of transport
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
headhunting (collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies)
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
account book; register; ledger
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
late at night; small hours of the morning
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
strong person; the strong; the powerful
prospects of victory; chances of success
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line