to go on the defensive; to play it safe
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
blunder; slip; error; error
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
state of mind; mentality; psychology
leopard (Panthera pardus)
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
furiously; passionately; indignantly
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
disturbance; riot; mayhem
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to begin falling (e.g. leaves, petals, etc.)
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
brightly lit; brightly lighted; lit up; lighted up
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)