unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
(period of) a year; during an era
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
much less; to say nothing of
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to hold fast; to protect to the end
in history; ever; historical
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
archipelago; group of islands
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
family; relatives; dependents; household
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
to try all possible means
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire