secretary; councillor; councilor
flowering crab apple (Malus halliana); Kaido crab apple (Malus micromalus); Chinese flowering apple (Malus spectabilis); Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata); aronia (flower)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
wheat straw; barley straw
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
battle royal (pro wrestling); battle royale (game genre)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to appear all together; to be all present
gong (instrument); gong (sound at the end of round, etc.)
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
show; exhibition; spectacle
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
flaring up; bursting into flames
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
to win and advance to the next round
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
pitch dark; total darkness