common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
to mind; to care; to worry
soldier; combatant; warrior
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
they; those guys; those fellows
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to writhe (in pain); to squirm; to wriggle
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to become fully formed; to take proper shape
receiving an electric shock
witnessing; observing; sighting
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to mistake (A for B); to misread
carbonization; carbonisation
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated