to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
linking; linkage; associating (information); connecting
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
symptomatic therapy; allopathy; makeshift solution; stopgap measures; temporary expedient
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
so; therefore; and; (and) then
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
inundating a castle; flooding a castle; cutting off a castle's water supply
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
the front; honest; upright; decent
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
if it is (the case that ...)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
rising; ascending; climbing
pressure; oppression; suppression
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
time limit; time restriction