gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
again; once again; yet again
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
American continent; the Americas
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
tendency; trend; inclination
plural; multiple; plural (number)
state of mind; mentality; psychology
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
in the hospital; hospitalized
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary