potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
grasp; catch; understanding
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
factory; plant; mill; workshop
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
failure; mistake; blunder
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
looking on (somebody) as hostile
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
quarrel; dispute; argument
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
high-class restaurant; high-end store
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
modesty; humility; being humble
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to gather; to collect; to assemble