surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgery
incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Thailand)
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
unskilled; not very good at
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
spirit power; magical power
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
(college) president; secretary-general
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
moment; brief space of time
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
to have no chance (of succeeding)
two times; twice; two degrees
emotional scars; mental trauma
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
as a child; when one was a child
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to be reflected in a mirror
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new