sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to take off (another's clothes); to strip someone (of their clothes); to undress
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest
indicates emotion or exclamation; hey; you
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
senior high school; high school
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
being empty-handed; bare hands (in a fight); being penniless
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
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)
offender; criminal; culprit
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
(not) even once; (not) ever
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
magazine (periodical); magazine (for a firearm); (reloadable) film cassette; film canister
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person