proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
stretching; extension; elongation
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to play a leading role; to play a central part
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
economic bloc; ecosystem (of services, goods, etc. within a company or consortium)
far sight and deep design
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
enmity; antagonism; hostility
to paint (draw) a picture
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
both; both sides; both parties
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
acceleration; speeding up
everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to have a relationship; to have relations
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished