lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
friendly chat; relaxed conversation; informal meeting
how long; how far; how much
the whole day; all the day
tedious; boring; being fed up with
(suffering a) decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
cheap and low-quality play; performance not worth paying to see; transparent act; see-through scheming
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
offender; criminal; culprit
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
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)
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
maid; helper; help; assistance
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
to itch; to feel itchy; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue