over-fond parent; doting parent
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
as soon as possible; ASAP
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
patriotic feelings; patriotism
determination; resolution
consequently; as a result; in the end
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
banknote; bill; note; paper money
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
swinging back; aftershock; backlash
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
basis for decision; evidence for judging
reduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence
entreaty; appeal; petition
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
far right (in politics); extreme right; ultraright
military expansion; arms buildup
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist