nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
great difference; big difference; wide margin
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to be prolonged; to drag on
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
serious; not joking; straight
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
real thing; original; actual
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together