dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
chance (of success); odds
to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
number one; first; best; most; game; round
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
the whole world; throughout heaven and earth
self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory
showing no fear, even of God
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
double-edged; double-edged blade
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
by sheer strength; by brute force
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
true character; real nature
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known