high voltage; high pressure
water vapour; water vapor; steam
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
a cut above; one step above
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
conflict; fighting each other
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
standing tall; towering; soaring
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
blow; hit (on the body); beating
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
undiscovered; not yet found; unexplored
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
one part; one portion; one section