invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
difficult to ...; hard to ...
exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
war; battle; match; game; competition
participation; joining; entry
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
(how) many times; (how) often
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
ray (of light); beam; light
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
arrest; apprehension; capture
completion; perfection; accomplishment
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
influence (on someone); inspiration
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing