to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
winter vacation; winter holidays
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
even though; despite; when
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
analepticum; restorative medicine
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
means of transportation; transport service
cruising range; flying range
to use up all one's strength; to die
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
state of the war; war situation
to talk; to carry meaning
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
to light (a fire); to kindle; to incite; to instigate; to stir up
queen (consort); empress (consort)
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively
while being out of the office or away from home
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
powerful person; influential person
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
per-capita division; division according to the number of people