a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing
to mind; to care; to worry
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
scene; sight; scenario; setting
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
number of times; frequency; count
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
cushion to soften the blow; something that cushions the blow
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
passing through; through passage
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
to flare up; to burst into flames
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation