preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to harm one's health; to injure one's health; to be harmful to one's health
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
each house; every house; house to house; door to door
main force; brute force; strong-arm
suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
my personal (e.g. opinion)
schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others
to take command; to give direction
to scrape off; to plane off
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
in accordance with; pursuant to; in proportion to; according to; in the same manner as; in the same way as
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
independent action; acting alone
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to cause offence (offense); to create hard feelings
requisition; commandeering; conscription
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
Claus; Crouse; Klaus; Kraus; Krauss; Krausz
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back
face card; court card; picture card (in utagaruta or iroha karuta)
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular