solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
slim; slender; slight; delicate
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to redeem (from sin); to save
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
if so; in that case; in that situation
be (that) as it may; having said that
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to detain; to check; to restrain
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
under custody; under supervision; undecided match; draw; tie
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
if it is the case that ...
huge win; overwhelming victory
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
personal grudge; personal enmity