defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
audience; attendance; hearers
military forces; hosts; troops
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
to beat to death; to kill
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
again (and again); once again; yet again
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
aggression; invasion; raid
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
to take over; to hand over
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
one lump; one body; one group
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
head of a sleeping person
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
preservation; retainment; keeping
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy