dogged persistence; determined pursuit; pushing forward
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
to buy more (of something)
class teacher; homeroom teacher; home room teacher; form teacher
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
like a part of the family
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
apt to think; tend to think
interruption; interference; butting in
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
correlation; interrelation; intertwining
intelligence network; information network
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
to write a few lines (to); to drop someone a line; to write a note (to)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
to pretend; to act (as if)
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
ill will; malice; evil intent
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not