magic bullet; magic bullets
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
sympathy; compassion; pity
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
ancestor; forefather; foremother
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
here and there; in places
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
moment by moment; hour by hour
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
speculation; thinking; meditation
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
well then ...; in that situation; in which case