orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
long-distance arrow (archery)
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
how many years; how long; what year
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
right (to do something); authority; power
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
construction; establishment
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
main question; real issue at hand
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
hypothetical or imaginary enemy
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
(giving) instruction; initiation
means of transportation; means of transport
modernization; modernisation
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge