defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
arm; skill; efforts; ability
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
sweeping sideways; mowing down
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to tumble down; to roll down
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together