January; first month of the lunar calendar
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
every person; each one; everybody
as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
high efficiency; high performance
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
hair (on the head); (a) hair
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
two (long cylindrical things)
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
thief (particularly in RPG games)
such ... as; or some such
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
soldier; combatant; warrior
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
one or two; a few; small number
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
worthy of special mention
greater than ...; bigger ...
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh