older sister; elder sister
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
defense; defence; protection
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
funny story; funny anecdote
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)
specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
plants and animals; flora and fauna
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to kill by burning to death
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them