swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
transactions; dealings; business
depending on; dependent on
that is to say; so that means
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to pluck; to pick; to tear
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
very small fraction (of); very small proportion; very small part; tiny bit
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
little by little; bit by bit
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
place; position; location; position; standing; status
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
strong person; the strong; the powerful
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
high-level; higher-order; higher-order; higher-degree
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself