bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
steady advance; carrying all before one
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
tips of one's hair; hair ends
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
to have an idea; to have a clue
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
disorder; disturbance; unrest
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
offensive (movement); aggression
preference; priority; precedence
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to get strong; to gain strength