to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
hidden camera (for illegal and immoral purposes)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
postwar period; period after Second World War
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
if so; in that case; in that situation
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
how dare ...; how could ...
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
body; group; party; company; troupe