incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
before the gate; in front of the gate
sentiment; sentimentality
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
disturbance; riot; mayhem
to search for; to seek for; to look for
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
to have one's name entered (in a list)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
promotion (e.g. sales, etc.); marketing campaign; campaign (election, membership, enrolment, fund-raising, etc.); drive; military campaign; military action
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
flag; tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival)
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
perfect; just right; ideal
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
reduction by half; halving
instruction; direction; briefing