grasp; catch; understanding
epidemic; plague; pestilence
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
heir; inheritor; successor
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
war; fighting; fierce competition
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
whatever the case; under any circumstances
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
switching over to; migration; transition
strong interaction; strong force
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
job; work; duties; trade; skill
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to be erected; to be built
early (days); initial stage; initial
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases