battlefield; battleground
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to be reminded of; to call to mind
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
thought; consideration; thinking
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone