hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
from behind the scenes (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); from the sidelines; from a distance; secretly; in secret
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to look after (often medically); to take care of
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
classification; categorization; sorting
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
to defy conventional wisdom
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
3rd day of the month; three days
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
ifrit (demon in Arabian mythology); efreet; afrit; afreet
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
very much; exceedingly; extremely
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to begin talking; to open up
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence
high efficiency; high performance
first-class goods; A-grade product
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
curse; spell; malediction
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
(item of) equipment; accessories (bike, auto)
return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment