stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to collapse into; to flop onto
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
opposite side; opposition
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
moron; idiot; stupid person
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
enmity; antagonism; hostility
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to be surprised; to be astonished
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
inspector general; commissioner
shōchū made from sake lees; low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
substation; branch office
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
much less; to say nothing of
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)