degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
function; facility; faculty; feature
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
moving about; stirring about
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
firm; strong; solid; stable
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
immediately; right away; on the spot
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
impudent; shameless; brazen
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
tension; tensile strength
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
wet and glistening; slimy; slippery; to have a sheen; to be slimy
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
numbering; numbering machine