physical strength; muscle strength
to happen to have on hand or in stock
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
to be at a loss for words
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to attempt; to test; to try out
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
anything and everything; just about everything
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
to be reminded of; to call to mind
pensive (or worried) look on one's face