highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
lax; lenient; lukewarm; slow; sluggish
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
offering one's opinion (to someone on something)
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
private person; individual
individual; private person; personal; natural person
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (a letter) till called for
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
huge rock; firmness; solidity
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base