to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
survival; survivor; relic
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
diversion; distraction; feint
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
to make frantic efforts; to make an all-out effort; to try desperately
question of where responsibility lies; issue of where liability lies; question of who is responsible
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
you (plural); all of you; you all
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
anything and everything; just about everything
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
worst; worst-case (scenario)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
murder; killing; murderer
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
funny story; funny anecdote
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extraordinary; outrageous; unconditioned dharma
implementation (e.g. of a feature); installation (of equipment); mounting; packaging
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out