region; limits; stage; level
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
powerless; helpless; incompetent
companion; company; tritagonist
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
armament; soldier's equipment
measurement round the hips
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
person concerned; interested party; related party
experimental; provisional
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
as before; as ever; as it was originally
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
regular game; regular-season game
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness