utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
to tip off (e.g. the police); to inform (on); to squeal; to rat
all together in a line; all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; underdressed for the occasion
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to rebuild; to reconstruct
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune
contest (between performers); competitive performance; competition between theatres putting on the same show
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
resigning from one's job when one gets married; retirement due to marriage; leaving a job because of marriage
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to hunger for love; to starve for love
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity
one's family; family member
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
suspicious character (person, figure)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
superintendent; supervisor; warden
abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment
maintenance or abolition (of a system, institution, etc.); existence