that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
difference; variation; difference
beginning; outset; first; onset
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
way; method; means; resource; course
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
special training; intensive training; crash course
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
massing (of troops); gathering
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
to attack; to assault; to assail