(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
clean sweep; killing several with one sword sweep
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
to mark the end; to spell the end
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
by today; before the day is over
course; route; path; process; means
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)