skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
vibrancy; strength; (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30); counter for times of moxibustion
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
protective instinct; defensive instinct
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
it is I who should say so
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears
steady advance; carrying all before one
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
a disgrace (to a whole group of people)
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank