strength; power; proficiency; ability
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
resignation; giving up the game for lost
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to well up; to burst; to arise
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to get angry; to become perverse
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
practice; practising; training; study
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
tingling; stinging; pungently
tension; mental strain; nervousness
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
since when; from when; how long
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
beginning of the game; kickoff; face-off
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...