summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
bar; measure; short pause (in writing); petty principles; minor details
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era (221-263)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
job hunting; job searching
ultimate; final; last; eventual
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
a dime a dozen; two a penny
chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means