to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
way (of doing); manner; method; means
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
literally; to the letter; literal
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
military officer; naval officer
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
(political) power; authority; influence
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
common knowledge; well-known fact
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
fifth day of the month; five days
to be kind to; to treat kindly
real intention; true motive; true meaning
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
from one's seat; without stirring
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
scale; scope; plan; structure
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
conventional forces; conventional military forces
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against