to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook
patrolling (esp. using ships or aircraft)
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
ventilation; draft; airing
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
fortress; stronghold; citadel
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
aggression; invasion; raid
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
safe day (when unprotected sex is less likely to lead to conception)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
various foods cooked together; hodgepodge; hotchpotch; mulligan stew
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry