to apply pressure to; to press
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
bracer (arm guard used in archery); gauntlet (armour); glove (in kendo or fencing); strike to the forearm (in kendo)
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to be sacked; to be dismissed
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
manners; behavior; behaviour
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
in proportion to; according to; depending on
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
to degenerate; to lapse into
carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care
the first to thrust a spear (at the enemy); the first to achieve fame; the first to achieve merit
to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh
loose; slovenly; sloppy; disorganized
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to win one's first battle (game, match)
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
emperor's wife and concubines; emperor's female attendant
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
main theater of war; principal battlefield; main market; principal area of competition