legend; folklore; legend (e.g. on a map); usage guide; (living) legend; icon
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to walk about; to go out (here and there); to gad about
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
prize money; monetary award; reward
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
champion; (first-prize) winner; victor; titleholder
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
otherwise; or else; if not
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)