pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
secret; private; surreptitious
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
indirection; indirectness
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to flare up; to burst into flames
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
established fact; fait accompli
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
outlet (e.g. for water or gas); market (for something); outlet (e.g. for excess energy); vent (e.g. for emotions)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
serious; severe; grave; acute
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
adhesive tape; sticky tape
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to lose one's footing; to slip
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
odds and ends; all; every
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
relation; relative; kind; cordial
losers (those who have 'failed' socially, economically, etc.)
to replace; to move; to change the position of
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage