please (give me); please (do for me)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to meet with a crushing defeat
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
fate; destiny; predestination
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
special training; intensive training; crash course
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
desperation; struggle to the death
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.