defense; defence; protection
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
the front; honest; upright; decent
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to pack; to box; to package
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
(not) even once; (not) ever
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
this; our; right; justice; checking account
greeting; a fine thing to say
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; pachinko
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
... years old; age (of) ...
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
innumerable; countless; numberless
each house; every house; many houses
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy