(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
general idea; concept; notion
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
spiritual aspect; mental aspect; emotional aspect
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
trouble; bother; annoyance
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
sudden change; complete change
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
(made of) leather; leather-bound
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
first time; first; initial
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
earning the first (runs); preoccupation
touch; touching; being involved in; touch (of a painter, pianist, etc.); style (of writing, drawing, etc.); tag