test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
competition; rivalry; feeling that something is worth the effort; motivation; enthusiasm
to compete with; to vie for
hostile relations; hostile relationship
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
to act young; to look young
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
time; season; period; phase; stage
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself
all you have to do is; just; that's all
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
wise ruler; sage king; intelligent and virtuous monarch
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
suicide (carried out with a blade, gun, etc.)
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk