boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
foster father; adoptive father
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
deadly disease; fatal disease; final illness
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
way; method; means; resource; course
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
determination; conviction
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.); to die down
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
aggressiveness; aggression
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
pillar of light; column of light; beam of light; light pillar
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to