(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
had better ...; had better not ...
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
to blow out; to spout out
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
roundhouse kick; turning kick
to fall flat; to fall face down
sea of blood; pool of blood
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
trackless; reckless; dissipated
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
river; stream; River; the ... river
to devour; to bite to death
disadvantageous; long (odds)
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
gold letters; letters written in gold paint
trial stage; experimental phase; prototype stage
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
method of operation; operating procedure
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
1000 ri; (a) long distance
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to discharge (e.g. effluent)