withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
exactly as stated; verbatim
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
phantom; vision; illusion
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
other than; excluding; without
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
direct connection; direct link
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
logistical support; combat service support
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
strategy meeting; council of war
health; healthy; sound; fit
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
changing clothes; change of clothes
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)
to scatter away; to vanish
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit