clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
perfect; complete; flawless
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
net content (e.g. on food packaging)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
yellow clothes; Lama's clothes (e.g. Dalai Lama)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
something-something; yada yada; so-and-so
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
in (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter; back nine
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
that's the way it is; such is life
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
imperial throne; the Crown
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off