liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
champion; (first-prize) winner; victor; titleholder
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
shallow thinking; imprudence; rashness; quick temper; short temper
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
to stop walking; to pause
five (long cylindrical things)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
one end; an end; part; fragment
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
degree of recognition; level of familiarity; visibility (product)
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
unfortunately; regrettably
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to run through; to run past
dealing with; coping with
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart