good performance; good work; great success
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
difference; variation; difference
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
main force; chief object; mainline
long-serving soldier; veteran
region; limits; stage; level
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
surroundings; environs; circumference
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
such; like that; that sort of; very
immediately; right away; at once; instantly