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; about; on; per; for every
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
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; 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
impermanence; mutable; uncertain; ever-changing
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
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
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
press conference; news conference
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire