given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
correction; rectification; mending; repair
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to practice magic; to practise magic
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
trivial; trifling; insignificant; stupid; nonsensical; absurd
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
Dragon King; promoted rook
immediate follower (of the shogun)
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)