matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
pointing out; identification
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer