to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
almost completely empty; virtually empty; inadequately defended; undefended; unguarded
clanging; empty; deserted
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
employer's house; master's house
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
ruler's orders; master's orders
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize
one's later years; final years (in life)
chain; series; connection; linkage
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
having said that; be that as it may
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)