fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
Sogo (Japanese department store chain)
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
mental; spiritual; emotional
instability; insecurity; crankiness
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
to be too numerous; to be too much
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
wherein; therein; thereinto
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
to lay aside; to set aside
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
joint struggle; common (united) front
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to turn against; to become an enemy
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)