to gain fame; to make one's name
suspicion (of others); jealousy
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
to claim victims; to leave casualties
to cultivate a better understanding
to engage in a heated discussion
rational; logical; coherent
to rant and rave; to raise hell
reason; logic; method; system; order
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
in the face of; in defiance of
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
to smile a smile of satisfaction
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
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)
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
short pause; short interval
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
the last moment; the very end
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to bring back; to restore
text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.
deep emotion; strong feelings
having ended; being resolved
sense of relief; feeling of relief
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
having said that; be that as it may
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
self-healing; spontaneous recovery
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
pleasant feeling; good feeling
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
condition; state (of health); appearance
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person