jewel; precious stone; gem
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
conduct; behavior; behaviour
to become hoarse; to become husky
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
vision (of the future); foresight; large display screen; imagination; insight; (sense of) sight
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
mass; quality and quantity
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
equally (well); as ... as; no less ... than ...; evenly matched; well-matched
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
the intensity or illuminating power of light
odds and ends; all; every
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
in terms of; from the point of view of
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
at least; at most; (even) just
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
flapping of wings; wingbeat; flap; flutter
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
combat power; fighting strength
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
to be the worst of the worst; (lit.) to deserve to die ten thousand deaths