to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
club activities; extracurricular activities
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
reality; actuality; hard fact
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
shit video game; embarrassingly bad video game
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
offender; criminal; culprit
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
accidental death; casualty
wounded person; injured person
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger