dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
very strong person; brave warrior; veteran
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display; to be buried
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to get strong; to gain strength
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
guess; conjecture; surmise
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
outbreak of war; starting a war
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
treating someone like a child
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
(necessary) personnel; required person
immediately; right away; on the spot
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially