to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
consumption; expenditure; spending
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
to recover (one's) costs; to break even; to pay off (e.g. hard work); to be worth the effort
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
decisive battle of brief duration
high (spirits); euphoric; intoxicated; high
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
when it becomes; when it comes to
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
time in; making a move immediately (in a timed game of shogi, go, etc.)
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
one's increasing age; approaching old age; aging steadily
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to stare back (at); to glare back
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
specialized; specialised; boutique