pair; the two; both persons; both things
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
reduction of armaments; disarmament
citizens' campaign; citizens' group
derivation; development; offshoot
being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering; striding
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
prohibited item; banned item
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
looking on from afar; being a spectator
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
annoyance; irritation; vexation; abdominal spasms; convulsions; cramps
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
triangle; triangular shape
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
sealing (something) inside; enclosing (with a letter, etc.)
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
unicellular organism; single-celled organism
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity