meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
first time; first; initial
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
business; trade; operations; sales
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
totally willing; fully motivated
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to drive (to do); to urge
to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune
to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to join forces; to cooperate
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
coming and going; going back and forth (between); commuting (to work, school, etc.); attending regularly; passbook; bankbook
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
not caring; not giving a damn
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; accepting failure with good grace; being a good loser
contract; compact; agreement
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher