sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
fully armed; armed to the teeth
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
soldier; combatant; warrior
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to straighten up; to sit upright
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
to become settled; to be fixed
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
to indicate; to show; to point to
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
had better ...; had better not ...
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
near oneself; close to one; familiar