samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
curse; spell; malediction
that kind; competition; match
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
nothing but; none other than
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
even though things may appear this way
focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
big frame; large figure; huge body
minimum; at the very least
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to thrust away; to send flying
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough