dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
stepwise; one step at a time
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
unusual; serious; incomparable
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
to repeat; to be frequent
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
very much; very many; more and more
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty