opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
to repeat; to do something over again
performer; entertainer; actor
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
essence; true nature; substance; reality
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
movie director; film director
will not do; do not; does not
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
rather; better; instead; if anything
danger; peril; hazard; risk
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
express; special delivery
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift