crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
(circular) tour; round trip; excursion
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
old body; aged person; elderly person
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
momentum; amount of exercise
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
throat lozenge; cough drop
(free) sample; promotional gift
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
joint struggle; common (united) front
difficult to approach; inaccessible
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
putting life into; animating; cheering up
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck