wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
finally; barely; only just; gradually
rather; sooner; preferably
it's no joke; gimme a break!
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
in succession; one by one
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming