to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
handful; small amount; small number
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to brave a danger; to take a risk
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
meaning; connotation; denotation
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
battlefield; battleground
hegemony; leadership; initiative
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
and then; and so; and; so then
to like; to love; to be fond of
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to muster up one's courage
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
hostility; animosity; enmity
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
be (that) as it may; having said that
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
magical power; mystical force
small household fly (e.g. fruit fly)