surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
number one; first; best; most; game; round
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
really; truly; indeed; good grief
testimony; (verbal) evidence
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
amount of money; sum of money
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
opening and shutting; opening and closing
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
time; hour; period; class
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge