breastplate; chest protector; bib
gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to crack; to develop a crack
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
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)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
only; merely; but; no more than
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
should; must; -able; probably; likely
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
impossible; unlikely; improbable
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away