oil-soaked cloth; oily rag; oilskin; oilcloth
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
somewhat thick; relatively thick; thickish; on the thick side
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
momentous (crucial) decision
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
battlefield; battleground
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
painful but pleasant (of a massage, stretching, etc.)
being filled with; being full of; permeation
to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle
warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
common; commonplace; pulp paper; granulated sugar
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination