vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
last days; the end; one's fate
underside; undersurface; inferior surface
fast approach; quick intimacy
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
as if to say; as much as to say; as though
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
comfort; consolation; diversion
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
chance (of success); odds
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
substitute article; back-up
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade