to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
according to (depending on) one's ability; if one is good (competent, talented) enough
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
leading; guiding; commanding
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
every night comes to an end; every night sees a dawn
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
one by one; one after another; successively
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to fail to be attentive to
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
vitality; (one's) life force
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms