defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
comma; decimal point; radix point
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
one by one; one after another; successively
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
dull sound; muffled sound
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
skill; dexterity; master hand
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
ringing; throbbing violently
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
more than usual; especially; particularly
impassioned speech; fervent speech
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
otherwise; or else; if not
first period (e.g. first class in school day)
to examine someone's expression
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver