small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to rain incessantly; to downpour
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
beyond this point; from now on; after this
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
function; facility; faculty; feature
series of battles; successive battles
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
twice; again; second time
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
way; method; means; (technical) specification
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
based on; built on; made from
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
life; living; I; me; student
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
god of death; death deity; Death
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
last words recited to the newly departed; requiem; converting people to Buddhism
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
all-out attack; general offensive
after the end (of something); post-
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner