deeply impressive; memorable; striking
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
a second time; again; once more; twice
pillar of fire; blazing column
to take flight; to disappear
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
better than nothing; better than none at all
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
worst-ever; history's worst
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; swallowing (a story); believing unquestioningly; accepting (a proposal, demand, etc.) unconditionally; accepting as-is
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
x (mark); cross; MDMA; ecstasy; molly
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
to settle a matter; to get even with someone
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)