justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
sports ground; playing field; playground
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
existence; being; presence
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
higher rank; better position
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
experienced; already had an experience (with something)
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
close; intimate; on good terms
when it becomes; when it comes to
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
relation; relative; kind; cordial
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
black box; flight recorder; black box (system or device with hidden internal workings)
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show