standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
random; unintentional; unintended
suggestion; hint; implication
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
means; way; method; measure
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
to try to do; to attempt to do
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
flying column; detached force
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
veteran (e.g. soldier); battle-hardened; seasoned; (of) long military service
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
to make absolutely sure (that all is right); to use every means; to take all possible measures
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
(being angry) like a blazing fire; burning (rage)
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
metallic sound; metallic clank