retention; maintenance; preservation
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to run about; to rush about
guard; security guard; security officer
participants; participating athletes
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
in that manner; like that
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
hello; good day; good afternoon
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
how; in what way; by what means
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
carefree; free from worry
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
drop (e.g. of water); drip
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid