to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
now; the present time; just now; another; more
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
war; fighting; fierce competition
than; from; out of; except; but; more
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
wheat straw; barley straw
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
massing (of troops); gathering
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
archipelago; group of islands
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(period of) a year; during an era
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful