consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
originally; by nature; from the start
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
predation; eating prey; preying upon
dealing with; coping with
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
automatic; intransitive verb
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
personality; character; individuality; personhood
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
innumerable; countless; numberless
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)