attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
honorific/polite/humble prefix
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
conviction; belief; confidence
to search for; to seek for; to look for
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
(present) head of a family
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
optimism; taking an optimistic view
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness