to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
considerably; fairly; quite
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to look upwards; to look up
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
reigning; controlling; dictating
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to step over or across; to overcome
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
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)
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
in the face of; in defiance of
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
right angle; perpendicular
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
dull sound; muffled sound
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation