to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
as; because; with; due to
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
several hundred; hundreds (of)
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
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)
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
roundhouse kick; turning kick
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
locational advantage; advantageous position
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...