to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
sympathy; compassion; pity
recollection; reminiscence
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
fully armed; armed to the teeth
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
that day; the very same day
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
to help each other; to cooperate
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
rest; break; recess; intermission
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)
cannot be compared with; no match for
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
guidance; leadership; leading the way
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred