the place for; the time for; the level of
longed-for; anxiously awaited
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
slight; little; insignificant
succeeding; following; trailing; next
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
section; cross section; profile
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
one (more) effort; one (more) push; a try; a go
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
at the last moment; this late in the game
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
(someone else's) daughter
common use; communal use; sharing
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
like this; this sort; this way