to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
to be selected (from among many people)
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
refining; refinement; smelting; training
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
on the other hand; at the same time
800,000; eight hundred thousand
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
role; duty; position; part
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
excess; surplus; superabundance
to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely
contest of strength; trial of strength
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
last quarter moon; third quarter moon; waning half-moon
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
sense of touch; tactile; haptic; hair style with long bangs
in order; in turn; one by one
percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece
to live through; to survive
what time; (lit.) which hour
splinters of glass; glass shards
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go