fast, heavy ball; fastball
gatekeeper (in suicide prevention); person who prevents others from committing suicide (by noticing they are depressed and talking to them about it, etc.); gatekeeper (in media, networking, etc.)
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
prizefighter; pro boxer; professional boxer; pugilist
teacher; previous ruler; previous lord; lord of the previous generation
main force; brute force; strong-arm
to go crazy; to go off one's head
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
to fill a hole with earth
to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
open field; empty lot; plain
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation