battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
adds force or indicates command
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
dragon god; dragon king; naga
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
surroundings; environs; circumference
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
book; volume; this; present; main; head
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
slimy; slippery; (arch.) (moving) slowly
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
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)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract