to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
destructive; catastrophic; disastrous; ruinous; devastating
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
obedience; submission; resignation
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
according to plan; as planned
(you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
young people (ages 12 to 25); youth; the younger generation; persons under the age of 18
full of openings; half empty; (cutting) sharply; cleanly; (arch.) (progressing) smoothly
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
wear; clothing; ware; goods; -ware; software
carnivore; carnivorous animal
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
windshield wiper; windscreen wiper
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
whole-school assembly; assembly of the whole school
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
frosted (glass); matted; disillusionment; letdown
armed forces; military; troops
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
demonstration; show of force