withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
to shout (in anger); to yell
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to pause; to have a short intermission
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
preface; introduction; preamble
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
true character; true heart; true spirit
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to need; to call for; to require
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should