to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to be prolonged; to drag on
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
the ocean; the great deep
as far as the eye can see
horizon (related to bodies of water)
to cover fully; to wrap around
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
enhanced gravity; high gravity
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
sea level; (surface of) sea
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less