advance payment; advance delivery
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
hold; holding; long press (touchscreen gesture); touch and hold; hold (in rock climbing or bouldering); hold (in wrestling)
of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
to be annoyed; to be inconvenienced
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
treatment (medical, cosmetic, massage, etc.); carrying out (therapy, hypnosis, etc.); practicing; surgical operation; procedure
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to brave a danger; to take a risk
basic policy; fundamental policy; fundamental plan of action
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated
for more details ...; for further information ...
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
standing tree; standing timber
in range; within the limits (of ...); within (a) range