drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
double-edged; double-edged blade
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
raging bull; ferocious bull
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
oblique line; forward slash
to torment; to harass; to tease
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
having a crush on someone; flushing
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened