elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
person of virtue; great person; giant; adult; exalted person
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
making a rough estimate in one's head; expectation; anticipation
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
you (plural); all of you; you all
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
considerably; greatly; a lot
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
tick (Acari spp.); mite; hoodlum; tough
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
together with; same; both; all; including ...
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing