retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
promising without due consideration
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
one more time; once more; once again
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
quickly; swishing; whooshing
to face; to confront; to be opposite to
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to concern; to be related
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
no!; no no!; no, not at all