arm; skill; efforts; ability
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
suffix for familiar person
to take back; to recapture
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
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
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
in comparison to; rather than
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
chink in the armor (armour)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
simplification (character, hair-style, etc.); unbalancing an opponent
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
temporary licence; temporary license; provisional licence; provisional license
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
pull; patronage; tug; discount
reinforcement; strengthening
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged