dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
time; season; period; phase; stage
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
shop; small store; business; firm
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
Christmas carol; Christmas song
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
to walk away; to saunter off
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
to gain fame; to make one's name
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
prudence; discretion; thought
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
pale; pallid; bluish-white