unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
center; centre; metropolis
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
individual; private person; personal; natural person
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
another; different; something else
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
willpower; energy; vitality
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
conduct; behavior; behaviour
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
lately; recently; these days
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
agreement; stipulation; contract
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed