palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
strong interaction; strong force
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to knock down; to knock off
to vent one's frustration; to relieve one's pent-up anger; to let off one's pent-up feelings; to let off steam
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
beyond one's means or position
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to change the schedule; to change one's plans
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); pardon; excuse; justification; making amends for a previous misdoing
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
hostility; animosity; enmity
something new (of poor quality)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
(opening of a) wound; cut
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
serious wound; serious injury
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
surely; certainly; without doubt
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; closure
like that; that way; thus