to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
nothing but; none other than
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to torment; to harass; to tease
handbook; instruction book; manual
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
with a start; with a jump
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
conduct; behavior; behaviour
surroundings; circumference
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce