toe shoes; pointe shoes; point shoes; chaussons de pointe
impregnable castle (walls); impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
Blood Pond; pool of blood; pond of blood (in hell)
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
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)
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
strongest ever; most powerful in history
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
killing time; staving off boredom
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
sea of fire; sea of flame
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
hidden treasure; treasured article
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side