existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
imposing stance; daunting pose
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
the reason is that ...; because
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
throw; throwing; throwing event (e.g. javelin, discus, shot put)
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack
meaning; connotation; denotation
to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
extensive; vast range; wide scope
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to affect; to impact; to influence
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison