defense; defence; safeguard; protection
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
healing (esp. through alternative therapies, music, color therapy, supernatural powers, etc.)
three; three years of age
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
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.)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
suffix for familiar person
how; in what way; how about
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
for example; for instance; e.g.
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed