isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to boil strongly; to be excited
celebratory banquet; feast
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
cycle racing track, esp. for keirin (course)
to look upwards; to look up
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
entertainment (at a party); amusement; fun; trick
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
crater; caldera; burner (e.g. on a furnace)
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
resentment; indignation; anger
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead