blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
because of; owing to; due to
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
in the end; at the end of the day
one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
sympathy; compassion; pity
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
moment by moment; hour by hour
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
succeeding; following; trailing; next
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
ardent; passionate; vehement
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to fight against; to oppose; to face
willpower; energy; vitality
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
day and night; turning night into day
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy