contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
all night long; all through the night
that; the matter in question
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to spread; to be propagated
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
continuation; succession; series; continuous
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
along the road; along the way
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
(water-filled) paddy field
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
if so; in that case; in that situation
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
amateur baseball; sandlot baseball
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
spike (on a shoe or tyre); stud; spiked shoes; spikes; injuring (an opposing player) with the spikes on one's shoes; spiking
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish