to threaten; to make threats
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
enemy territory; hostile place
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
this world; this life; world of the living
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
specialization; specialisation
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
great man; heroic figure; remarkable character
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care