promotion; raising of status
almost (did); nearly (did)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
village; human habitation; human settlement
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
concreteness; feasibility
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
mountain range; mountain belt
basin (e.g. between mountains)
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
with a crack; with a smash
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
downward compatible; backward compatible; upward compatible; forward compatible; providing the same function while being more effective (esp. in games)
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
to blaze; to burn brightly
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
to feel dizzy; to feel faint; to spin; to revolve; to twirl
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
fire arrow; incendiary arrow; rocket
surface of the earth; ground surface
surroundings; circumference
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation
golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize