gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to jump upon (a moving object)
metre; meter; meter; gauge
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
birth; creation; formation
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
nice; good; well-executed
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
difficult to ...; hard to ...
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to knock down; to knock off
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
fly swatter; flyswatter; fly swat
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
reopening; resumption; restarting
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down