art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
failure story; horror story
narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
dirty; underhand; immoral; illegal
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
conditionally; with conditions attached
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
one scene (e.g. in a movie)
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
way of taking (e.g. photographs); manner of taking; how to take
3000; three thousand; many
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
reaching the winning post; reaching the finish; making the goal; getting married
life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life
social networking service; SNS
base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation
to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art