armed might; military power; the sword; force
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
interference; intervention; meddling
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
teacher; instructor; professor
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
master; teacher; stable master
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
self-consciousness; self-awareness
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
this (very thing); this precisely
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
riskiness; (level of) danger
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
whenever you want; any time you like
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
ago; since; before; previous
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to think (something) strange
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum