ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
god of death; death deity; Death
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to raise one's voice; to shout
feeling keenly; fully realizing
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
wounded person; injured person
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
to accuse somebody; to charge someone