dark night; moonless night
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
all around; as far as the eye can see
to cover fully; to wrap around
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
independence; self-reliance
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
region; limits; stage; level
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)