to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
two persons; two people; pair; couple
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to watch steadily; to stare
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move