antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
cooperation; coordination; link
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
genuine; authentic; true; real
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
genuine article; real thing; real deal
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
running as fast as one can
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
space; interval; space character; whitespace
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)