transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
to be lacking in options; to be too few
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
match declared drawn due to injury; ending with both sides suffering damage (of a dispute, etc.)
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
choice; selection; option
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
infrastructure improvement
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
encounter; engagement; battle
the instability of a political situation; political instability
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
four-wheel-drive car; 4WD car
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
government forces; government troops
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)