formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
hesitation mark (scar from a suicide attempt); hesitation wound
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
but; however; provided that
no exception; without exception; always the same
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
high five; high touch (involvement of personal attention and service)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
(a person's) appearance; looks
to have an idea; to have a clue
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
impossible to do (although wants to)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
beginning; clue; starting point
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself