to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
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)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
heating power; thermal power; firepower
had better ...; had better not ...
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
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.)
is something that; is that which
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
those (near the second person)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
all; entire; whole; altogether
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is