balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
means of transportation; transport service
pressure; oppression; suppression
crunchy; gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
recovery; undoing; recall
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
scenery; scene; landscape
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might