steady; sound; reliable; solid
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
armor and helmet (armour)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
is something that; is that which
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to rock; to shake; to swing
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
due form; official; formality
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
height (of body); stature
double; twice (as much); twofold
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
healing (esp. through alternative therapies, music, color therapy, supernatural powers, etc.)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms