calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
under custody; under supervision; undecided match; draw; tie
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
customization; customisation
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
error of judgment; miscalculation
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
you could say; you might say; verging on the
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
for the first time in one's life
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
very busy (person or thing)
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
evening meal; dinner; supper
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big