on the occasion of; at the time of
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to live; to make a living; to get on with
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
homeostasis; homoeostasis; constancy
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
way; method; means; (technical) specification
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to bring; to take; to bring about
historic; historical; traditional
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
opposite side; opposition
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
preface; introduction; preamble
filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote
now that; since; so long as; because
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty