meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
number; number plate; license plate
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
if you think about it; come to think of it
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
these guys; these fellows
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
our country; our land; one's own country
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
communication technology; communications technology
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole