cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
battlefield; battleground
massing (of troops); gathering
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)