disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
outsider; someone outside of a group
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
pulsation; pulsatory motion
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
member of an organized crime group; gangster; mobster; yakuza
to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
literally; to the letter; literal
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to cover fully; to wrap around
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to surge; to well up; to gush out
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class