very important person; VIP
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
second athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
well done!; nice try!; well fought!
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
Blood Pond; pool of blood; pond of blood (in hell)
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple
(sense of) presence; realism; ambiance
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery
black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery
to sustain a serious wound
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
so what!; who gives a damn?
starting point; point of departure
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
series of battles; successive battles
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
very important person; VIP
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
that kind; competition; match
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly