authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
military force; military strength
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
mid-range; mid-scale; mid-size
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
as; because; with; due to
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
sales promotion; hard selling
twice; again; second time
set of three; three sets; three classes
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
two classes; double; two sets
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
cider (alcoholic); hard cider
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
signs of defeat; negative turn of events
to begin to appear; to begin to come in