(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
bygones; the past; past event
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
attendance; presence; appearance
wind-swept; exposed to the wind
level ground; plain; flatland
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
fall; drop; descent; coming down
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
by means of; due to; because of; according to
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
Sunday (esp. as the sabbath in early Japanese Christianity)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour