crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
rule; reign; peaceful times
rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
dark night; moonless night
to erase all trace of something
watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
as if it were about oneself
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
rival; competitor; competition
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
theme; subject; motif; theme for the Imperial New Year's Poetry Contest
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
senior class (kindergarten, pre-school, etc.)
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
regional cuisine; local cuisine
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
high efficiency; high performance
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else