domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
immediately; right away; on the spot
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to accept; to receive; to agree
rational; reasonable; logical
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
severe; strict; tough; hard
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
transactions; dealings; business
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence