putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
myself; yourself; I; me; you
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
now; the present time; just now; another; more
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly