brightness; splendour; splendor
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
bank; weir; embankment; levee
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to overflow from something full
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
being too late; losing one's final chance
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
full capacity; all one's ability
rising; ascending; climbing
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to form a group; to form a bunch
grade; class; degree; magnitude
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
power; might; authority; influence
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
to continue to do; to persist in doing
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
one by one; one each; one at a time
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
X; x; unknown quantity; an unknown
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')