in the meanwhile; during the time
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
successively; one after another
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
burst of laughter; roar of laughter; in copious amounts
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
uncool; lame; unfashionable; unstylish; tacky; tasteless
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.); to die down
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
to claim victims; to cause casualties
consumption; expenditure; spending
aspect; phase; condition; modality
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
stopping functioning; being out of service
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
bet; wager; stake; gamble
(with) only a few left; (with) little left