attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
(not) so much; (not) that much
everybody; every last one of them; all
fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
transport aircraft; transport plane
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
medical care; medical treatment
needy circumstances; living in poverty
having a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
end of war; cessation of hostilities
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
illegal; illicit; unlawful
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser); night soil vat or reservoir
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
barbarian; savage; savage (primitive) people (race)
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
to hang one's head; to droop one's head