careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
water (hydraulic) pressure
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
formula; equation; method of calculation; calculus
trivial; not amounting to much
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
telescope (variety of goldfish); telescope eye; demekin
weight; heavyweight boxer
strong; resolute; firm; strict
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
(death from) starvation; starving to death
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
sense of loss; feeling of loss
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
silence; stillness; quietness
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
being startled; getting a shock
lying face down; upside down; prone
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit