underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
sidelocks; hair at the temples
honorific/polite/humble prefix
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
then; well; so; well then
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
royal capital; imperial capital
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
name; given name; first name
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
how; in what way; how about
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
leader; chief; head; (another person's) head
for the first time in one's life
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
convenient; handy; useful
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
perception; sensing; noticing
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
be on your guard; negligence is the enemy