to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
posterity; future life; life to come
descendant; posterity; offspring
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
to govern; to manage; to subdue
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
close call; narrow escape
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
to intervene; to stop (something)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
opposite; reverse; contrary
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
right of succession; right to the throne
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
nobody can win against advancing age
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate