for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
peace preservation; security; safety
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
on the way back; returning
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame
fully prepared; all ready
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
you could say; you might say; verging on the
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
another thing; exception; special case
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to this extent; to this degree; this much
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
pessimism; disappointment
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive