to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
every place; various places
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
ogre; demon; oni; spirit of a deceased person
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
a step; short distance; short time
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall