speaking of ...; as for ...
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
hostility; antagonism; opposition
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
for your information; I'm telling you
a little bit; a little while
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
extermination; expulsion; destruction
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
lazy; idle; indolence; laziness; sloth
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
two (long cylindrical things)
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))