ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
financial power; financial means; wealth
more than usual; especially; particularly
number of persons; personnel
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
class; heading; group; category
not yet known; unknown; strange
handful; small amount; small number
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
absentmindedness; peace of mind
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
lately; recently; nowadays
to go ahead; to pull ahead
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
direct connection; direct link
to be lacking in options; to be too few
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to miss; to fail to capitalize; to fail to capitalise
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
operation; functioning; running