to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to knock down; to send flying
complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to relieve a person's pain
to pass (of time); to elapse
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
answering machine; answer phone
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
returning to (one's home in) Tokyo; returning to (one's home in) the capital
railroad; railway; rail transport
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
situated deep in the mountains
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
waiting list (waiting for a cancellation)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
emergency transport; ambulance transport
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)