possible; likely; probable
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
interior; inside; internal
outrider; herald; rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
progress; advance; improvement; development
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to pilfer; to filch; to pocket; to make off with
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
to be relieved; to feel relieved
mantle; mantle (e.g. gas)
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
to remove; to move out of the way
playing the victim; playing the victim card
stopping at; going no further than
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold