actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to put on airs; to assume importance
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
that is to say; so that means
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
both; both sides; both parties
that is to say; so that means
since the dawn of history
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
colonization; colonisation
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration