rice plant (Oryza sativa)
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
hand-to-hand combat; fighting at close quarters; close combat
ancient times; prehistoric times
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
secret technique; secret art
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
control; management; supervision
long-armed; kleptomania(c)
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
scram (emergency nuclear reactor shut-down)
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
look!; there!; here!; that is
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
huge rock; firmness; solidity
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got