very small; very little; slight; trifling; negligible; insignificant
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
increment; addition; (amount of) increase
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
commandant; commanding officer; general
deep-seated grudge; hatred
to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
brilliant; bright; dazzling
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
comma; decimal point; radix point
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
skill; dexterity; master hand
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)