finishing blow; coup de grâce
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to serve; to work for; to attend
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to beat to death; to kill
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
danger; peril; hazard; risk
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
planned; scheduled; systematic
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn