(sound of one's) heartbeat
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
function; facility; faculty; feature
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
cardiac massage; heart massage
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
perforation; punching; boring; drilling
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
foreign enemy; outside invader
automatic; intransitive verb
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
guess; conjecture; surmise
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
phase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon); topology; register
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
composite; combined; complex
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)