living hell; hell on earth

the "road" of romance / love

(baseball, golf) the course or direction of a pitched or hit ball

burning one's boats; going for broke

one long thin item

singular focus

cinnabar / red / elixir made with cinnabar (e.g. Chinese elixir of life) / improvised medicine / devotion / Short for 丹波国 (Tanba-koku, “Tanba Province”)

(idiomatic) learn something (from someone serving as an example), follow in someone's footsteps

a blood python (Python curtus)

a Brongersma's short-tailed python (Python brongersmai)