function; facility; faculty; feature
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
force (bulldoze) one's way through
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
interception; monitoring; tapping
massing (of troops); gathering
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to have no chance (of succeeding)
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
real intention; true motive; true meaning
serious; severe; grave; acute
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to crumble away; to collapse
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to smear with blood; to kill
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack