hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
Neon Genesis Evangelion (media franchise)
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
time axis; time basis; timeline
retention; maintenance; preservation
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
doing whatever one pleases
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
original story; original version; this volume
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
the opposite sex; isomerism
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)