hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
rich in personality; of great individuality; highly individual; expressive of one's personality
index; indices; indicator
assortment (of food); assorted dishes; combination platter
bluff; false show of power; bold front
to stare back (at); to glare back
mixing things of different type (alternately or at the same time); mixture; dish of noodles, seafood, vegetables (from Nagasaki)
wrong; different; not like that
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
connection; linking; linkage; link
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to be dead; to be lifeless
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to attract; to be used to
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
one's younger days; when one was young
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to practice magic; to practise magic
to become desperate; to give in to despair
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end
offensive (movement); aggression
to get change back; to be more than enough