self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to be worn down; to be reduced
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
shell (e.g. electron shell)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
chief; main; principal; important
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do