to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
together; at the same time; same; identical
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
this world; this life; world of the living
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
story; tale; talk; discussion
wood (for building); lumber; timber
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
battlefield; battleground
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Ram; hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm); south-southwest; sixth month of the lunar calendar
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
finally; barely; only just; gradually
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to pass (of time); to elapse
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.