to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
ten; 10; ten years of age
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
one thin flat object; one sheet
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
un-; non-; negative prefix
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
way of speaking; intimation
way of solving (a problem); solution
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
in the same manner as before; the same as always
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
senility; dotage; decrepitude
genuine article; real thing; real deal
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
adverse circumstances; adversity
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase