story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
excretion; discharge; excrement
ectogenesis; outside the body
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
utmost limits; extremity; limit
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
maintenance; preservation; improvement
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
trio; gang of three; threesome
evening; night; nighttime
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
tone (of voice); manner of talking
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(yarn) count; nth place (in a race); nth position (in a starting lineup); nth rank (in a battle formation); castle guard; second-place horse
place; situation; position; location
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
intelligence gathering; information gathering
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
to invite in; to show someone in
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for