at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
with a snap; (breaking) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
the same; the said; likewise
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
long hair (usu. of a man)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to show up; to appear; to turn up
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to claim victims; to cause casualties
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
long ago; a long time ago; already
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
difference; variation; difference
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
allegiance; obedience; submission
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around