defense; defence; protection
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
sleeper; sleeping person; wearable blanket; sleeper agent; sleeper (bowling)
large number (of); many; majority
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
day in and day out; all the time
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
human intellect; knowledge
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
number one; first; best; most; game; round
danger; peril; hazard; risk
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to repeat; to do something over again