presence; sitting with; being with
selfishness; selfish motive
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
actual expenses; out-of-pocket expenses; cost price
compensating; making up for; supplementation
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
combination; arrangement; distribution; marrying off
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent