advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
already known; well-known
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
performing without rehearsal
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
chief; main; principal; important
to write down; to record; to register
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
an assortment; combination
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
Kerberos (computer security protocol)
aphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots
body; physique; build; stature
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
corn salad (Valerianella olitoria); lamb's lettuce
to be muddy; to be slushy
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside