scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
they; those guys; those fellows
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
night attack; nocturnal assault
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
firm; unshakeable; resolute
assertion; declaration; affirmation
called; known as; that; to say
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
within; inside of; less than
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
ardour; ardor; passion; fervour; fervor
overestimation; overrating; overvaluing
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
defense; defence; fielding
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition