account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to defy conventional wisdom
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
5th day of the month; five days
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
consideration; taking into account
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
technical skill; ability; capacity
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to sell off; to sell completely
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward
passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to spend time (on doing something)