to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
manners; courtesy; etiquette
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
social meeting place; watering hole
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
blunder; slip; error; error
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
meaning; significance; sense
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
because; the reason why is
chief; main; principal; important
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
isolation; being alone; being friendless
southern part; the south (of a region)
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
all present; all concerned; all of us
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to maintain; to continue to have
most difficult; next to impossible
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
under control (e.g. of territory)