steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
just one person; only one
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
royalty and titled nobility
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
while alive; during one's lifetime
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
(not) a single person; (no) one
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
moron; idiot; stupid person
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to attempt; to test; to try out
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
going around; patrol; round; tour
Japanese person; Japanese people
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
item; article; dish; course; finest item
in this manner; in this way; like this
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
(dead) end; end of the line