to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
putting into operation; invocation
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
number one; first; best; most; game; round
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
reason; cause; circumstances
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to settle (in a place); to settle down
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to head home; to leave for home
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to set (sun); to become dark
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
degenerate; pervert; deviant
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do