pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
great cause; moral law; justice
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
tendency; trend; inclination
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to have an idea; to have a clue
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
burning at the stake; execution by burning
covered with; stained; smeared
sightseer; spectator; viewer
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)