refusal; rejection; denial; veto
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
emotional strength; force of will
to take; to catch; to capture
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
having a romantic interest; (lit.) having a pulse
to smile (at); to grin (at)
end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
not necessarily so; is not always true
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
conviction; belief; confidence
impossible; unlikely; improbable
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
carving; engraving; chiselled features
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to finish reading; to read through
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
long (time); protracted; prolonged
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
swaying (with large slow movements); shaking
to solicit; to demand; to extort
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
that's true; of course; obviously
male instincts; male frivolity
consideration; taking into account
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw