strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
future prospects; promise
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
leader; central personage
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
wind and waves; discord; trouble; hardships
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to be extremely polite; to show the utmost courtesy; to do everything required by etiquette
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
to lose face; to be disgraced
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (food); take-out; takeaway
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
tedious; boring; being fed up with
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple
master; teacher; stable master
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included