at any cost; at any price; at any expense
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
blasphemous; profane; sacrilegious
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
moment by moment; hour by hour
sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; receptivity
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
first report (esp. of an incident or news story); initial report
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
reference data; reference material
old body; aged person; elderly person
great hurry; great haste; rush
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
beyond human understanding
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
great swordsman; master fencer
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
master; teacher; stable master
practice; practising; training; study
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
end; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.