challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
near oneself; close to one; familiar
sense of values; values; value system
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to be manageable; to be able to handle
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
occupation; calling; livelihood
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
transactions; dealings; business
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
separate; special; another; separately
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
two classes; double; two sets
original (document, copy, work, text, etc.); root; origin; source
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
3rd day of the month; three days
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
self-; from (a time or place)