consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
extensive; vast range; wide scope
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
unrealistic; impractical; infeasible; unreal
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
means; way; method; measure
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
to split; to be split; to become sunken (e.g. of cheeks); to become hollowed; to weaken (e.g. of motivation, interest, etc.); to decrease
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
elementary level; beginner level
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to need; to call for; to require
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
commencing with; including
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
level; standard; water level
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
thunderous roar; roaring sound