right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
practice; practising; experience
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
literally; to the letter; literal
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
absolute basics; very rudiments
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to walk in on; to tread upon
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
brand name; trade name; product name
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
verbal message; word (from someone)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
don't worry about it; forget about it
to sell off; to sell completely
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even