mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
this (very thing); this precisely
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
(intentional) overcharging; rip-off; highway robbery
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to collapse on the street (from illness, hunger, exhaustion, etc.); to fall down dead on the road
opposite side; opposition
to burst (open); to break; to split
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
area under direct control (of the shogun)
heavy-handed; iron-fisted; authoritarian
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
self-; from (a time or place)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address