no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to pay attention; to be watchful
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
strong person; the strong; the powerful
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
chastity; virtue; fidelity
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
just the other day; quite recently
mob; crowd of people; background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-player character
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
prize money; monetary award; reward
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom