optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
literally; to the letter; literal
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
vast; limitless; boundless
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
creation; generation; formation; derivation
memory; ability to remember
that's the way it is; such is life
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
be (that) as it may; having said that
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
reinforcement; strengthening
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
expert; skillful person; good move (in shogi, go, etc.); clever move
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
discovery; detection; finding
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot