cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to intend; to be sure that
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
indispensable; essential; necessary
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
from the viewpoint of; according to
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
Battle Royale (novel by Kōshun Takami, 1999; film, 2000)
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
to devour; to bite to death
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
the lower classes; the common people
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
individual match; single game
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
confused fight; brawl; melee; scuffle; free-for-all
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other