to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
how much; how many; to what extent
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to be deaf; to not be able to hear
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
to be conspicuous; to stand out
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
time; season; period; phase; stage
fine day; clear day; formal occasion
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
appearance; expression; manifestation
nothing but; none other than
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)