link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
naked eye; the physical eye
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
largest class; top category
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
survival; survivor; relic
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
tradition; legend; folklore
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
young person; youth; young
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
several minutes; a few minutes
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
this (very thing); this precisely
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
center of an explosion; centre of an explosion
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
expression; look; countenance; face
neutral colour; neutral color; achromatic (colour, color)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever