to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
bargain; good buy; budget
memory; ability to remember
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
several years; a few years
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
button (clothing); push-button
piece; fragment; one (object)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
hard (life); tough (world)
fee; charge; rate; material
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
a little; a bit; slightly
out of office; out of power; in opposition; unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
favorite child; favourite child; darling; favorite; star
to get change back; to be more than enough
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
goal to strive for; challenge
sole sword; unarmed but for a sword