sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
kickoff party; rally; pep party
drinking party; get-together
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
to underrate; to make light of
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
train that stops at every station; local train
high speed; rapidity; rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all