head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
mental; spiritual; emotional
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
as one had hoped; as one wishes
treating someone (to food or drink); dinner; wonderful food; (arch.) running about
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
one-two punch; one-two (soccer pass); wall pass; one-two finish; competitors from the same country or team finishing first and second; one ball two strikes
a few seconds; several seconds
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
upper; upward; upper (of a shoe); uppercut; upper (drug); stimulant
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression