chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
together; abreast; side-by-side
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
to make a speech; to address
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
final; eventual; ultimate
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
original inhabitant; aboriginal; previous priest
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
prospects of victory; chances of success
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
composite; combined; complex
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
corrosion; etching; action of acid; rot; rust; erosion
vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
board, plank or sheet shaped