to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
existence; being; presence
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
inner citadel; core; center; centre
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to be confused; to be baffled; to be dumbfounded; to be bewildered; (lit.) to be bewitched by a fox
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
kind; sort; species; species
as (for); for; in the capacity of
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk; getting drunk
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to be helpful; to be useful
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down