protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
opening fully; full throttle; full power
release; emission; ejection
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
all you want; as much as one wants
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...