meeting and parting; alliance and rupture (e.g. changing alignment of political parties)
seeing for the first time; first sight
evident; plain; distinct; clear
buff (color); buffing; buff (positive status effect)
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
tank (of fluid); cistern; vat; tank (military vehicle)
role; part; job; assignment
crank (mechanism); narrow, crank-shaped road (on a driving school training course); crank (on an early movie camera)
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
short distance; short range; short-haul
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter
two classes; double; two sets
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
belly meat (from a fish, esp. salmon)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
opportunity to show off; showplace
slight; insignificant; small
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
Slow (Kylie Minogue song)
total blockage; complete shutdown; stopping completely; shutout
a long time ago; long ago