early stages (of a game); opening phase
to sit silently at a meeting
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.; nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
extraterrestrial life; ET
frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
all things in nature; the whole creation
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
Kerberos (computer security protocol)
well-known; noted; celebrated
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
end; close; conclusion; termination
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
to come to an end; to close the curtain
literally; to the letter; literal
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene