pregnancy; conception; gestation
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to make advances (to); to woo; to work on someone
to be pregnant; to be with child
aforementioned (statement); preceding; at right
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
possessed of a strong sense of duty
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
recommendation; endorsement
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
study; learning; tutorial
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
affixing; pasting; sticking
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)