foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
justification; rationalization
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
applicant; candidate; volunteer
discontented elements (e.g. of society); dissatisfied members; malcontents
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
to be kind to; to treat kindly
all sorts of; all kinds of
lumping together; putting all together
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
to open some distance (e.g. with other people)
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
to burn with combativeness
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to get one's head around; to think about