because of; owing to; due to
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
to fall in love (with); to love
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
pre-nuptial doubts; wedding blues
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
threat; intimidation; menace
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
spirit; heart; disposition
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to subsist; to keep on living
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
unexpected meeting; coincidence
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
participation; joining; entry
dignity; credit; (arch.) deed of sale (for a land, forest or house); (arch.) sale value; (arch.) selling price
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)