to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
that is to say; so that means
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
trip abroad; overseas travel
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
memory; sense; experience
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
same; similar; (just) like; equal
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
item; must-have; must-have item; (inventory) item; pick-up
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
small number; few; minority
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
means; way; method; measure
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
use; utilization; utilisation; application
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization