contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
good policy; wise policy; best plan
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
clearing one's throat; cough
very great; enormous; serious
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
harming one's image; worsening of one's image
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
improvement in image (of someone or something); improving one's image
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
then; and (then); in that case; if so
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
child's tear-stained face
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
very loose; slowly; leisurely
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion