prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
question; inquiry; enquiry
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise