advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
stereoscopy; three-dimensional vision
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
sphere; counter for balls
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
to smash; to break into pieces
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
imagination; supposition; guess
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
way of speaking; profession
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
parking area for bicycles
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
pupil; disciple; follower
practice; practising; training; study
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back