dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
three; three years of age
dozens; scores of; decades
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
that's a different matter; that's a different story
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
the front; honest; upright; decent
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
inexperienced person; novice; greenhorn; green hand
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
amount of material resources
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm