firm; resolute; absolutely
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
severe; harsh; rigorous; trenchant; scathing; sharp
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to make up one's mind; to calm oneself; to be patient; to endure
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
commander; general; leader
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
still (continuing); as ever; further
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
desperation; self-abandonment
even though; despite; notwithstanding
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
meaning; connotation; denotation
bodyguard (of a noble or high-ranking official); guard; attendant; aide; statues of guards that flank the gate of a shrine
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
bank; weir; embankment; levee
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
start; leaving; marching off
sending; forwarding; shipping
sensational; inflammatory; incendiary; (sexually) suggestive; lascivious
concord; harmony; concert
unprecedented; never seen before
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
to disappear (gradually); to be vanishing; to fade away; to go out of sight; to die out
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration