dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
last days; the end; one's fate
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
personality; character; individuality; personhood
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
a long time ago; in those days
war; fighting; fierce competition
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
child's mind; child's heart; young mind
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
principal occupation; core business
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
experiment; experimentation
when it comes to ...; as for ...
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to lie down; to throw oneself down
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to scrape off; to shave off
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
supply; provision; service; supply
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
indigestion; dyspepsia; inability to understand; lacking comprehension; half-baked knowledge