cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
counter for choices, options, etc.
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
tedious; boring; being fed up with
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)
right to appear (e.g. in Olympics); berth
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
only the results matter; it's all about the results
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
a great variety of; diversity
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
superior; special class; higher than A class; extraordinary