achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
preference; priority; precedence
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
funny story; funny anecdote
exactly as stated; verbatim
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
silence (not speaking); muteness
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
group; bunch; crowd; group
central part; heart (of a city)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
having gone too far to turn back
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
study; learning; tutorial
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
making efficient; optimization
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
participation; joining; entry; adherence
accumulation; accumulate; store
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
equality; uniformity; evenness
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty