point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
true character; true heart; true spirit
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
an issue being settled; a case being closed
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)
great writer; literary master; distinguished author
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
sea urchin donburi; bowl of rice topped with sea urchin
mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
aster (Aster tataricus); Tartarian aster; Michaelmas daisy
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
young person; youth; young
female company president; female CEO
assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job
to approach; to draw near
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)