planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
next term; next period; next version; next release
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to lure someone; to entice someone
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to be embarrassed for a reply; to be at a loss for a reply
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
looking on from afar; being a spectator
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements