emotional strength; force of will
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
god of thunder; Raijin (god of thunder)
very loose; slowly; leisurely
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
acceleration; speeding up
to use (something) as a selling point
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
go-between; intermediary; mediator
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
examination method; method of investigation; search procedure
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
joint struggle; common (united) front
neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt
monolith; large slab of rock; unity (of a group, organization, etc.); unanimity; solidarity
support; backing; patronage
blank period; window period; interregnum