sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
restricted; confined; unfree
grater (esp. the variety used in Japanese cooking to grate foods very finely)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to correct oneself; to restate
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
disintegration; self-destruction
adaptation (of a poem, novel, etc.); recasting; rewriting; modification; rehashing
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
atrocity; outrage; heinousness
to put to death (e.g. a sinner, traitor, etc.); to punish someone with death
steel; sword steel; sword
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
dying; laying down one's life; one out
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation