to be responsive; to show immediate results
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
tornado; hurricane; typhoon
trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
limp; imbalance; unfavorable progress; unfavourable progress
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
pinky swear; pinky promise; linking little fingers to confirm a promise
elasticity; elastic material (spring, etc.)
double-edged; double-edged blade
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
completely changed; totally transformed
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul
in turns; alternately; in order
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
high-capacity; high-intensity; high-load
to take back; to recapture
same sort; same kind; same genus; homologous; congeneric
wide difference; a world of difference
self denial; self control
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality