collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
this and that; various things
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
prospects of victory; chances of success
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
rebellious spirit; defiant attitude
detached; aloof; indifferent
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
another dimension; different level; whole other level
for this very reason; that is exactly why
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
number of times; frequency; count
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
this sort of; this type of
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum