establishment; founding; organization; organisation
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
general mobilization; full mobilization
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
nothing but; none other than
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
spirituality; spiritual nature
another thing; exception; special case
change in appearance; transformation
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
change; transformation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; innovation
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
ardent; passionate; vehement
with a start; with a jump
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
natural disaster; cataclysm
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
parts; accessories; components
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
what's what; heads or tails
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing