offense and defense; offence and defence
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
(arch.) arm (esp. upper arm); counter used to measure the thickness of round objects
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
like this; in this way; as you see
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
the same night; that night
to decorate; to prettify; to attach a decorative sticker, cover, bauble, etc. to a cell phone, notebook, slippers, etc.
exercise machine; strength training machine; gym equipment (machine)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
(not so) much; (not) very
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
looking away; looking aside
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
outward appearance; apparent
high efficiency; high performance
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
so; to such an extent; such
recovery; undoing; recall
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty