close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
desire for revenge; vengeful thought
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to care for someone; to look after someone
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
future (usually near); prospects
maintaining the status quo
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
to cross the line; to go too far
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to happen to meet; to come across
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
so what!; who gives a damn?
in person; personally; directly
not necessarily so; is not always true
dealing with; coping with
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to wait and see; to see how the land lies