to employ; to hire; to charter
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
detour; circumvention; turning movement
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
to become dim; to become blurred
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
number of times; frequency; count
to spread; to be propagated
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber