although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
transport aircraft; transport plane
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to be needed; to be wanted
than; from; out of; except; but; more
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
anything and everything; just about everything
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
this (very thing); this precisely
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
certainly; surely; definitely
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
price; cost; value; worth; value
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise