to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
contrary to one's expectations
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
with repeated sharp blows; whack after whack; strictly; harshly; vigorously; singlemindedly
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
partly open; in half bloom
after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath
to make up for; to compensate for; to offset
extra-large; king-size; highest (priority, urgency, etc)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
dissolution of a feudal clan by the shogunate and confiscation of its fief
proper (appearance, posture, etc.); correct; neat; straight; upright
(showing) no reaction; non-reaction; straight face
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
personal history; background; career
leader; authority; mainstay
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
unfazed; stone-faced; unflinching; perfectly calm
groan; moan; growl; roar; hum (of a machine, power lines, etc.); drone (e.g. of an engine)
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
scrap; (small) piece; unimportant (person); petty ...; humble ...
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
bet; wager; stake; gamble
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
remonstrance; remonstration; admonition; protest; reproof; expostulation
rule violation; rule infraction; infringement of the rules
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)