start; commencement; beginning; initiation
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left
counter for chairs or seats
crawler (e.g. web crawler, robot); continuous track; caterpillar track
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
normalcy; normality; normal
interference; intervention; meddling
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
measurement error; calculation error
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend