remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
deep affection; dear; beloved
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
don't worry; no worries; never mind
readjustment; realignment
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
seeing one off; farewell; escort
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to hold something reverently with both hands
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to jump upon (a moving object)
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze