to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
quarrel; dispute; argument
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
transfer; assignment; conveyance
night under the midnight sun; white night (at extreme latitudes); night during which the sun doesn't set
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
snake; serpent; large snake
way of solving (a problem); solution
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to tower over the surroundings
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank