army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
nothing but; except; no more than
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?