drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
training; drill; practice; discipline
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
I see; that's right; indeed
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
beginning; outset; first; onset
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
in a day; in a brief space of time
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate