slice; slice; slice (in tennis, table tennis, etc.); backspin shot
to steal; to rob; to take away
woman; female; feminine gender
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
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; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint
leader; guide; mentor; coach
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
(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
9th day of the month; nine days
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
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)
commissioned officer; military officer
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; hastily; sudden; abrupt
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste