technically accomplished; technical; polished
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
flames produced by an explosion; explosive flames
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
to tread on thin ice; to walk on thin ice; to take a grave risk; to be in a precarious situation
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
childish; childlike; immature; infantile
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
defense; defence; defensive preparations
yearned for; longed for; missed
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
putting one's affairs in order; ordering one's affairs; tidying up
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
leopard (Panthera pardus)
caracal (Caracal caracal); African lynx
ocelot (feline, Felis pardalis)
cat (Felis catus); domestic cat; house cat; indoor cat
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
strategist; tactician; schemer
to love greatly; to love beyond all else