to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
greater than ...; bigger ...
to anticipate; to foresee
to lure someone; to entice someone
threat; intimidation; menace
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
heating power; thermal power; firepower
finishing blow; coup de grâce
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to watch steadily; to stare
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
front; frontage; facade; main
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
unfairness; injustice; partiality
being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided