victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to be muddy; to be slushy
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
(wet) cough; (sound of) coughing
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
directions; instructions; orders; command
reason; cause; history; origin
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
dating back from now; ago
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
unbeatable; invincible; irresistible
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
that day; the very same day
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
messenger; envoy; emissary
fair and square; open and aboveboard