to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to feel; to sense; to experience
salty sea breeze; salt wind
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
(some) more; even more; longer; further
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate