stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
by sheer strength; by brute force
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
private citizen; civilian
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
strict; formal; strait-laced; stuffy; prudish; serious
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
to be born; to come into the world
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
rise; increase; upload; posting online; close-up; completion of filming; upswept hairstyle
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
resentment; hatred; enmity; hated enemy; resented foe
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
long distance; long range; long distance relationship
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
calm; composed; leisurely
ignorant; unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised
quickly; swiftly; expeditiously; long ago; already
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to be injured; to sustain a wound