a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to laugh away; to laugh off
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
survival; survivor; relic
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to state; to express; to mention
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
preservation; retainment; keeping
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
to succeed; to bear fruit
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
items mentioned; contents (of a record); recorded items; entries
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
to make a speech; to address
stale; hackneyed; cliched
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to launch a surprise attack
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough