to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
free translation; liberal translation
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
thinking (about a matter) for a long time; contemplating for a long time; lengthy consideration; pondering
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
just one person; only one
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
even assuming that ...; even granted that ...
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
this and that; one thing or another
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)