expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
armed forces; military; troops
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
young male with a feminine appearance (esp. one who crossdresses and has a feminine gender expression); femboy
habit of idleness (laziness); indolence
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
difficult problem; challenge
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
(feeling) impatient; irritated; irritating; frustrated; frustrating; vexed
cut; reduction; curtailment
simplified version; abridged edition
something like ...; something called ...
well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
descendant; progeny; offspring
to kill; to beat to death
son of a bitch; piece of shit
taking something as absolute truth; regarding something as absolute
skeptical; sceptical; incredulous
underground lake; subterranean lake
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to become locked; to lock
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
front; frontage; facade; main
kitchen; financial situation; finances
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise