to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
impudent; shameless; brazen
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
even though; despite; when
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
in comparison to; rather than
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
throwaway; disposable; single-use
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
only; merely; but; no more than
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
war; battle; match; game; competition
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
door; gate; opening; title page
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death