very much; exceedingly; extremely
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
matter of time; question of time
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
research institute; (research) laboratory
probability; likelihood; chances
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
passenger; rider; good rider
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
one machine; one aircraft; one life
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for