to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
educational institution; school; academy; campus
senior high school; high school
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
personality; style; appearance
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
until now; so far; up to the present
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
consequence; outcome; result; blame
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
first match (in a series)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly