as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
directions; instructions; orders; command
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to cover fully; to wrap around
protracted war; war of attrition
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to play a leading role; to play a central part
small hill; low hill; hillock
event; phenomenon; matter
seed stock; seed grain; foundation seed; pure breed; original strain; ancestor
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
with a clink (click, clack)
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
inexpert or untrained eyes
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
toning down; calming down; slowing down; mollification
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
to be exhausted; to be worn out
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
to trample down; to devastate
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through