very big; very large; taking up a lot of space
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
older brother; elder brother
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
declaration of war; proclamation of war
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to betray one's country (to an enemy)
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
organization; organisation; forming
calling by name; designation; nomination
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
next term; next period; next version; next release
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
audience; spectator; spectators
intercept; interception; counter-attack
all you have to do is; just; that's all
to laugh away; to laugh off
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)