anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
official announcement; proclamation
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
the deceased; the departed
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to happen to meet; to come across
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
this is why; this means; it is the case that
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
from the beginning; from scratch
have to do; must; should; ought to
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble