western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
quality (of a product or a service)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
transparency; degree of clearness
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
story; tale; talk; discussion
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
hard to get; hard to come by
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
the way back; the way home; return trip
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
surrounding at a distance
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
memory; ability to remember
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
study; diligence; discount; reduction