change; conversion; transformation; transformation
deep-seated grudge; hatred
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
firm; strong; solid; stable
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
operation; functioning; running
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
hard struggle; strenuous effort
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
nothing but; none other than
clear; precise; definite; distinct
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head
beforehand; in advance; previously
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
calculated; premeditated; considered
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to rush over; to run up to
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars