survival; survivor; relic
invisibly; secretly; privately
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
instability; insecurity; crankiness
something wrong; something unusual; abnormality; disorder; trouble; change
to be relieved; to feel relieved
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
to sell off; to sell completely
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
birth (esp. of a famous person); nativity
2nd day of the month; two days
4th day of the month; four days
(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
village headman; village mayor
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to get one's head around; to think about
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
classification; categorization; sorting
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
10th day of the month; ten days
still; even now; to this day