pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
self-mutilation; self-injury
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
to blow through; to blow across
to happen to have on hand or in stock
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
special; particular; peculiar; unique
be (that) as it may; having said that
to lose a closely fought contest
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end