experienced; veteran; skilled; expert
young person; youth; young
this (very thing); this precisely
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
one's own style; self-taught manner
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
audio feedback; acoustic feedback; howl
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
reproachful; hateful; bitter
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
shape of a globe; globe shape; spherical
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
globular shape; spherical shape
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
plural; multiple; several
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to diminish (dampen) the spirit
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)