operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
be (that) as it may; having said that
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
sleeper; sleeping person; wearable blanket; sleeper agent; sleeper (bowling)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
on the occasion of; at the time of
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over
the teaching profession; education of laity
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train