popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
to pierce through; to break through
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
walking briskly; determinedly
drawing a sword; drawn sword
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to get between; to be caught in
great admiration; deep respect
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
strong interaction; strong force