comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
gender; distinction of sex; sex
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
calling out to someone with love or good will; phone call to a loved one; fervent request; heartfelt appeal
main question; real issue at hand
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
lie; rye; rai (Algerian music style)
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
hedge; fence; border; limit
coloured glasses; tinted glasses; sunglasses; biased view; preconceived view
at your own discretion; as you see fit
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to stop walking; to pause
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
predictable; repetitive; being in a rut; set in one's ways
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed