person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; opening performer; sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
sincere; earnest; serious
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
to beat to death; to club to death; to kill
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
since the dawn of history
Yama; judge of the afterlife
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person