to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback; going in person; (arch.) letting out a horse; (arch.) taking out a horse
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses
main force; chief object; mainline
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
declaration; proclamation; announcement
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
that matter; those matters
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
here and there; everywhere
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
time for battle; military secrets; strategy
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
field; plain; prairie; moor
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to fall for a trick; to be taken in; to play into the hands (of)