since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
beforehand; in advance; previously
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
by sheer strength; by brute force
favorite; favourite; habitually used
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
lower region; lower part; region below
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)