nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
predation; eating prey; preying upon
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to bend; to warp; to curve
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
rising; ascending; climbing
sword skills; swordsmanship
with these words; while saying
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to knock down; to knock off
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
trivial; not amounting to much
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
loser; defeated person; the defeated
internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)