defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
core; core; hardcore; all-out
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
transactions; dealings; business
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support