effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
practice by repetition; learning by rote
practice; practising; experience
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
without leaving any trace
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
suddenly; all of a sudden
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
practice meeting; practice group
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
seeing off and meeting on return
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to smirk; to grin broadly