aim; goal; prospect; outlook
participation; joining; entry; adherence
extremely dangerous; full of peril
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
peace talks; peace negotiations
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
intensification; aggravation
to take back; to recapture
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
extermination; annihilation
war; battle; match; game; competition
switching over to; migration; transition
end; close; conclusion; termination
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
nothing but; none other than
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to blaze; to burn brightly
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery