reduction by half; halving
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
with a crack; with a cracking sound; with one's veins about to burst (from pent-up anger)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
mental disorder; mental illness
such; this sort of; like this
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
continuation; succession; series; continuous
striking; remarkable; considerable
forcibly; by force; against one's will
side effect; adverse reaction
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to stop walking; to pause
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent