maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
kanji (as opposed to kana); original form of a Chinese character (as opposed to a simplified or abbreviated form); Chinese character from which another Chinese character derives
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
right side; right-hand side
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
ingredient; component; composition
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
class; heading; group; category
being left out; being ostracized
rising; ascending; climbing
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to drop; to lose; to let fall
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
clearing one's throat; cough
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
area; domain; territory; field; range; region