destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to try all possible means
in line with this; therefore
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
major cleanup; spring cleaning
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon