to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
innumerable; countless; numberless
bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan; project
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
to claim victims; to leave casualties
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
admiration; wonder; astonishment
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
to be a match for; to rival; to be equal to
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
tendency; trend; inclination
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
both; both sides; both parties
function; facility; faculty; feature
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
attribute; property; attribute; alignment (in a role-playing game); element (of an enemy or attack); type (of dealt damage); (character) type