reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
heart pounding; chest tightening
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
marriage; marriage tie; love knot
torii; Shinto shrine archway
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
attack; assault; attempt; try
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to cut corners; to be shoddy
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to pick up; to find; to gather
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die