conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
expression; look; countenance; face
for this very reason; that is exactly why
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to say; to tell; to state; to do
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
be (that) as it may; having said that
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
Son of God; child of an emperor
to follow loyally; to wait on someone hand and foot; to be at someone's beck and call
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
in proportion to; according to; depending on
big frame; large figure; huge body
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
power; might; authority; influence
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
ignorance; innocence; stupidity