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
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
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
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
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
pitch dark; total darkness
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
restlessly; in continuous motion
newspaper reporter; print journalist
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
to take away; to carry off
to incur someone's enmity
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds