unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
no, not like that (but like this)
discovery; detection; finding
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
self control; self restraint
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
military personnel; soldier
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
indicate reason; infers some protest
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware); place for washing oneself in a bathroom
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
growth period; growing season
feminine; womanly; female
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very