to protect;  to guard;  to defend;  to keep (i.e. a promise);  to abide (by the rules);  to observe
 good;  advantage;  sake;  purpose;  consequence;  result
 everyone;  everybody;  all;  everything;  all
 because of;  on account of;  regarding;  per;  apiece
 putting one's life on the line;  staking one's life (on);  risking one's life;  life and death situation
 to work;  to labor;  to function;  to operate;  to commit (e.g. a crime);  to perpetrate
 this;  this one;  this person;  now;  this point (in time);  here;  used to stress the subject of a sentence
 to distribute;  to hand out;  to deliver;  to allot;  to allocate;  to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
 again;  once more;  also;  too;  on the other hand;  while;  and
 having a meal (before doing something);  fortifying oneself with a meal
 number one;  first;  best;  most;  game;  round
 liked;  well-liked;  in love (with);  loved;  faddism;  eccentricity
 walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
 onigiri;  rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
 to put in;  to let in;  to admit;  to accept;  to accept;  to comply;  to include
 (hard) candy;  toffee;  rice-sugar;  sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.;  amber;  yellowish-brown
 too;  also;  both A and B;  A as well as B;  even;  as much as
 all you want;  as much as one wants
 to hold (in one's hand);  to take;  to possess;  to have;  to maintain;  to keep;  to last
 uncertainty;  transiency;  impermanence;  mutability
 all living things must die
 the way of the world;  the lay of the land;  the inescapable circumstances (of life)
 to say;  to be called;  to do
 chief (of police);  head (of office)
 mass communication;  mass media
 intended for ...;  oriented towards ...;  aimed at ...
 it is assuredly that ...;  can say with confidence that ...;  did not ...
 four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
 to line up;  to set up;  to enumerate;  to itemize;  to be equal (to);  to compare well (with)
 thing;  object;  one's things;  possessions;  things;  something;  quality
 noisy;  loud;  annoying;  troublesome;  fussy;  finicky
 you;  buddy;  monarch;  ruler;  he;  she
 rewriting;  rewrite;  fair copy
 preparation;  arrangements;  getting ready;  provision;  setup;  reserving
 that;  the;  part (as in "part two");  um ...;  er ...
 face;  visage;  look;  expression;  honor;  honour
 to stop (an activity);  to cease;  to discontinue;  to cancel;  to abandon;  to give up
 pistol;  handgun;  revolver
 to shoot (at);  to attack;  to defeat;  to destroy