when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
cram school; private tutoring school
abandoned building; derelict building
test of courage (e.g. at a frightening place such as a graveyard); dare
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
firm; unshakeable; resolute
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; tall building
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
be (that) as it may; having said that
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
genuine article; real thing; real deal
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
three; three years of age