to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
members; member; constituent
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
to offer (put up) resistance
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
long; drawn-out; very long
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
hello; good day; good afternoon
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
light; faint; pale; fleeting
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
third day of the month; three days
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
such; this sort of; like this
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
sit-up; abdominal muscles; abs
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
separate case; another matter