unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to squash; to crush; to flatten
influence; clout; leverage
management; administration; operation
legal competency; criminal responsibility; ability to fulfil one's responsibilities; full accountability
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit
leader; guide; mentor; coach
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
(in an) emergency; (for) unexpected circumstances
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
ninth day of the month; nine days
alone; unaided; away from home
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
seeing one off; farewell; escort
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
1000-stitch belt; soldier's charm with stitches by a thousand women
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
postponement; deferment; adjournment