to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
inside; interior; (within) one's mind; one's soul; one's heart
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
danger; peril; hazard; risk
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
being dealt a bad hand; poor (handwriting); unscrupulous
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
difficult to approach; inaccessible
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely