to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
business hours; opening hours; office hours
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
scenery; scene; landscape
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
physical education; PE; gym (class)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
primary school; elementary school; grade school
desperation; struggle to the death
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
not understanding; not knowing
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below