amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
desk lamp; floor lamp; standard lamp
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
to step over or across; to overcome
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
war readiness; combat preparedness; readiness for battle
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes