one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
complicated and mysterious
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
remarkable; striking; obvious
name; given name; first name
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to have meaning; to be meaningful
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
one's every action; every single move
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to see through; to see the true nature of something
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)