word; term; language; speech
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
condition; situation; prospects
combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to be constricted; to tighten (in the middle); to narrow
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
aggressiveness; aggression
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
using all one's strength; using all one's might
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches
addition; adding; supplement
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
wizardry; secret of immortality
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy