hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
after a long time; for the first time in a while
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
condition; state of preservation
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
beyond imagination; unimaginable
sword; blade; single stroke
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
whereabout; about where; how much
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
intimacy; affection; familiarity
misuse; incorrect use; abuse; malapropism
to be too numerous; to be too much
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
very big; very large; taking up a lot of space
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)