unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to shut in; to confine; to contain
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
right in the center (centre)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
(in) his way; peculiar to him
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
focusing (e.g. light); convergence
amount of light; quantity of light
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
advance; moving forward; progress
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
short distance; short range; short-haul
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention