inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
business; trade; operations; sales
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
attractive face and figure
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to speak ill of; to disparage
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
theme; subject; motif; theme for the Imperial New Year's Poetry Contest
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
how much; how many; to what extent
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
strategy meeting; council of war
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
they; those guys; those fellows
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to be kind to; to treat kindly
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful