diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
head; lead; vanguard; first
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
to be too late; to be too slow
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
quickly; calmly; intently
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to understand (each other); to comprehend
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
all you have to do is; just; that's all
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to be late; to be unpunctual
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
generation (e.g. power); sending a telegram; telegraphing
transmission of electricity; electricity supply; power supply
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)