counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to anticipate; to foresee
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright