muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
to crumble away; to collapse
doctor's office; medical office; sickbay
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
taste; liking; preference
sampling food; tasting; trying
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
nape (of the neck); nucha
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
one large ...; a great ...
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
piece; fragment; one (object)
succession; continuation; series; sequence
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness