to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
straw cutter; short mane; pressing and cutting
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
attacker (esp. in volleyball)
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
personal history; background; career
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
turn; turn (melodic ornament); turn (in a game)
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
offense; offence; method of attack
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
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)
sound; sure; safe; steady; firm
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
to be boiled; to be cooked
all-time high (price, in trading); record high; new high
cannot be helped; unavoidable
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
foreign enemy; outside invader
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run