commanding; awe-inspiring; bitter (cold); piercing
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
foolish question; stupid question; one's question
refining; purification; careful manufacture
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
(not saying anything) no matter what
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
to draw back; to leave (e.g. the area); to withdraw
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
harm; injury; evil (influence)
tottering steps; drunken staggering
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
stock-still; motionless; frozen in place
premature joy; short-lived elation
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
resonance; sympathetic vibration
person concerned; interested party; related party
verbalization; putting into words
to exile; to banish; to revise the wording of a phrase
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer