defense; defence; safeguard; protection
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
far away in the distance; in the far distance
to devour; to bite to death
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
south wall; south face (of a mountain)
belt (worn around the waist); (machine) belt; belt; zone
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
split; division; break up
to fall flat; to fall face down
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
stringlike; thready; linear; filamentous; filiform
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
long distance; long range; long distance relationship
to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
charred; burnt black; scorched black
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth