decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
to have a meal; to take a meal
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
putting into operation; invocation
legend; folklore; tradition
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
rug; lag (esp. in online gaming)
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
to be transparent; to show through
moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
mountain areas of Kunigami County in Northern Okinawa
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to hoist; to lift up; to (crowd around and) rebuke; to (gang up and) criticize; to reproach severely
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
biased coverage; biased media account; bias in reporting
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
all facts (of a case, incident, etc.)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling