one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
every place; various places
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
reality; actuality; hard fact
form; shape; figure; visage
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
in the future; another day; later
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to feel; to sense; to experience
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax