self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to shake; to waver; to tremble
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
contradiction; inconsistency
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)
priority; order of precedence
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
be on your guard!; take care!
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal