safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
serious; severe; grave; acute
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
about; on; regarding; per; for every
how long; how far; how much
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
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
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
witnessing; observing; sighting
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage