distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
prior investment; upfront investment
getting an advance (on one's salary)
snowballing (phenomenon, effect)
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to knead well; to polish; to refine
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to mix; to blend; to combine
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
close; intimate; on good terms
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
grated daikon; daikon grater
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (esp. in an online game)
successfully; nicely; (yummy) food; yum-yum
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
big leakage; uncontained leak