soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood
strength; toughness; bravery; boldness
to control; to command; to get the better of
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
nowadays; in this day and age
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
good performance; good work; great success
to speak; to hear a voice
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
unlucky day; bad day; evil day; critical day (for a crop)
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
eating habits; diet; dietary pattern
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
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to depart (for military service); to go (into battle)
water vapour; water vapor; steam
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
change; transformation; inversion
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
stirring; rousing oneself
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
fighting spirit; battle aura; combative spirit
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
carelessly; inattentively
third time lucky; third time's the charm
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
human rights; civil liberties
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle