dealing with; coping with
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
something; some kind of; for some reason
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to make (a person) pay for (something)
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
chance (of success); odds
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
in that way; like that; that way
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
tenderhearted; faint of heart
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
right side; right-hand side
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option