half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
not worth considering; out of the question
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
postwar period; period after Second World War
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
companion; company; tritagonist
shopping; purchased goods
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to backfire; to have a harmful result
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair