to decline in price; to fall in price
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to thrust down; to push off
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
stowing away; smuggling oneself; clandestine travel abroad
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
hot-blooded; hot-headed; temperamental; impulsive
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
seajack; seajacking; ship hijacking
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint