to prevent; to take precautions
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
self control; self restraint
degenerate; pervert; deviant
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
preliminary test or trial; tryout
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
by itself; automatically; naturally
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
for use by adults; for adults
attraction; fascination; lure; captivation; charm
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
without touching; no touching; not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
hair on the back of one's head
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day)
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
playing with a handicap of one rook or bishop
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
one's own child; one's own children
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
to be late; to be unpunctual
to run down (stairs, etc.)