attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
(tip section of) chicken wing; second segment of chicken wing
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
beginning of the game; kickoff; face-off
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
conflict; fighting each other
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
genius; prodigy; natural gift
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
electricity; (electric) light
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction