playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
this for sure; certainly is
acceleration; speeding up
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
veil of darkness; curtain of night
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
survival; survivor; relic
simple and clear; plain and simple
main cause; primary factor
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
orders; instructions; directive; command
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
flash (of light); glint; schiller
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
another thing; other things; another man's property
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad