when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
trolling; singing in a circular canon; round
control; check; restraint; inhibition
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to shake out; to draw a check (bill, draft, etc.); to issue (e.g. money order); to infuse (e.g. in hot water)
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to match; to harmonize with (also feelings, aroma, etc.)
next (day, morning, etc.); following
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
reek of desperation; feeling of desperation
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
this (very thing); this precisely
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
chimera (mythological); chimaera; chimera (biological); chimaera
(distant) howling; backbiting
to be mistaken for; to be confused with