road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
large amount of money; great cost
how; in what way; by what means
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
just (applies to set number of items, instances, etc.)
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to do someone in; to bump someone off
small change; coins; small sum of money