serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
both; both sides; both parties
I couldn't care less; not caring less
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to tear off; to strip; to rob
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
several times; several degrees
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
way (of doing); manner; method; means
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to redeem (from sin); to save
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to become pale; to turn pale
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to breathe out; to exhale
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
all you want; as much as one wants
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)