lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
lifting a curse; breaking a spell; disenchantment
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
crummy; shabby; petty; lousy; puny; cheap
threat; intimidation; menace
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
mobilization; mobilisation
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship