useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
narrow margin; slim margin
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to knock down; to utterly defeat
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
opposite direction; reverse; retrorse
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
button (clothing); push-button
to stop (plug) one's ears
sports ground; sports oval
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
series (e.g. electrical); serial
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
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
to affect; to impact; to influence
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is