strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
to have meaning; to be meaningful
funny story; funny anecdote
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
overall victory; championship
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
present; current; in operation
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
unauthorized (computer) access; hacking
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
assortment; product lineup