shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to compete with; to vie for
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
in one's own way or style
to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them; to refuse gracefully; to decline politely
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
in the meanwhile; during the time
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
right (to do something); authority; power
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once