success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
glorious achievement; distinguished service
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
killing three birds with one stone
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
transactions; dealings; business
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
matter of time; question of time
preface; introduction; preamble
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime