these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
conference room; council room
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
quiet; still; surreptitious
scene; sight; scenario; setting
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
expert; skilled hand; person of experience
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
carnivore; carnivorous animal
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
close-cropped hair; shaven head
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
a few years ago; some years back
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
place; room; margin; scope
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion