to defend oneself; to protect oneself
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
riskiness; (level of) danger
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing
reservation; order acceptance
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
making-of; behind-the-scenes; making; creating
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
will not do; do not; does not
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
two (long cylindrical things)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
instant; moment; for an instant
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
in its entirety; whole; wholly
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation