partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
good person; virtuous person
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
society; public; community; social studies
contradiction; inconsistency
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
profound; deep; unfathomable
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
anything and everything; just about everything
division into equal parts; equal parts
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
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)
middle of the night; dead of night
having difficulty falling asleep; unable to get to sleep
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
crank call; prank call; nuisance call
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead