the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
ordinary person; untitled individual
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
great man; heroic figure; remarkable character
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
people; men and women; each person; everybody
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
surface of a board or record
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")