purpose;  goal;  aim;  objective;  intention
 to accomplish;  to achieve;  to carry out;  to do ... completely;  to do ... entirely
 needle (compass, gauge, etc.);  hand (clock);  indicator;  guiding principle;  guideline;  guide
 to place on (something);  to give (someone) a ride;  to give a lift;  to load (luggage);  to carry;  to send out (on the airwaves, etc.);  to deceive
 smirkingly;  broadly (grinning)
 news;  word;  tidings;  omen
 un-;  non-;  negative prefix
 authority;  expert;  counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.;  understanding (esp. of male-female relations);  tact;  supernatural powers
 to take off;  to jump;  to take the plunge;  to decide;  to step out of the ring
 how;  in what way;  by what means
 procedure;  process;  proceedings;  formalities
 scheme;  tactic;  stratagem;  trick
 how much;  something over;  and something;  however (much);  no matter how
 to reach one's ears;  to come to one's knowledge;  to hear about;  to learn of (by chance)
 to cut off the head of a sleeping person;  to assassinate someone while they sleep;  to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
 to pull (the puppet) strings;  to direct things from behind the scenes;  to stretch out (and keep going);  to linger on
 to feign ignorance;  to pretend to be ignorant of;  to play innocent;  to brazen it out
 request;  commission;  entrusting (with a matter);  dependence;  reliance
 to move (house);  to transfer (department);  to change the target of interest or concern;  to elapse (passage of time);  to be permeated by a colour or scent;  to be infected
 as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom");  wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
 to creep up;  to crawl up;  to overcome (a bad situation);  to rise (after a setback)
 to come down;  to go down;  to hang;  to dangle;  to move back;  to step back;  to deteriorate
 being entrusted with;  taking charge of
 to be irritated;  to get annoyed;  to lose one's patience
 humour;  humor;  safety;  health;  in a good mood;  in high spirits
 to harm;  to hurt;  to injure;  to miss one's chance to (do something);  to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
 cram school;  private tutoring school;  juku
 person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
 devoted;  self-sacrificing
 to be able to manage somehow or another
 remnant;  residue;  remaining;  left-over
 teacher;  instructor;  sensei;  title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.;  intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.)  one's elder
 to make a payment via bank deposit transfer;  to discard another player's winning tile
 possibly;  apparently;  (seem) likely;  somehow or other;  with difficulty;  barely
 mediation;  good offices;  influential person;  person of influence; (arch.)  eloquence; (arch.)  eloquent person
 election;  selection;  choice
 National Public Safety Commission
 (committee) chairman;  president
 soon;  shortly;  nearly;  almost
 eternal;  unlimited;  endless