gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
rule; reign; government; governing
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
throng; gathering of people
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
changing lanes; lane change; change of course; changing one's field of study
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
God only knows what may happen
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
last dungeon; final dungeon; last stage
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
dark clouds; black clouds
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
middle of the night; dead of night
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
template; run of the mill; formulaic
such; this sort of; like this
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
article; thing; object; property; real estate
royal capital; imperial capital