main force; brute force; strong-arm
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)
mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred; women's college
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
opposite side; opposition
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
while; during (the time when)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
punishment; judgement; judgment
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to knock down; to knock off
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
Everyone is safe (all right)
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident