busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
inside (a region, area, etc.); within the range (of); within the sphere (of influence, etc.)
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
leaving everything up to someone else
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
someone who is in their element; (lit.) fish that has found water
(countless) stars in the night sky; stardust
to drop; to lose; to let fall
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
armed forces; military; troops
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
eradication of malignant spirits (esp. used in fantasy and science fiction)
force (bulldoze) one's way through
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly