cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
living thing; organism; creature; biology
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
acceleration; speeding up
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
job offer; letter of appointment; appointment letter; notification of appointment
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to be consistent; to be coherent
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
change of occupation; career change
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
sincere; earnest; serious
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize