(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
huge rock; firmness; solidity
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
one by one; one each; one at a time
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
rather; sooner; preferably
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
recovery; rescue; recapture
aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
newspaper reporter; print journalist
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to strangle; to constrict
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
press corps; group of reporters
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to throw at; to turn; to raise