escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
company outing; company retreat
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
understood; I see; OK; present; here
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
trip abroad; overseas travel
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
that is to say; so that means
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
unknown; obscure; insignificant
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
serious; not joking; straight
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
impossible; unlikely; improbable
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility