(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
to prowl after; to keep watch on
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
calamity; disaster; accident
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
personal; individual; private
personal feelings; self-interest
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
(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)
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki