close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
that; the matter in question
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
main theater of war; principal battlefield; main market; principal area of competition
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
outbreak of war; starting a war
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
fertile; rich; productive
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
from season to season; season by season; of each season; in each season
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
number of times; frequency; count
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
schedule; program; programme; agenda
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)