to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
reigning; controlling; dictating
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
decision; determination; resolution
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
sense of relief; feeling of relief
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
pale; pallid; bluish-white
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)