grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
armed might; military power; the sword; force
genuine; authentic; true; real
to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
talk about divorce or separation
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to do drugs; to take (illicit) drugs
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
richly colored; richly coloured
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to begin to walk; to set out
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
strong reaction (against); (transplant) rejection
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
the last moment; the very end
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take as a lesson
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
right beside; close to; nearby
(transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against)