to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
though; notwithstanding; although
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
conviction; belief; confidence
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
possible; likely; probable
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to find out; to discover; to locate
forcibly; against one's will
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; threesome including a mother and her daughter
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
second day of the month; two days
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)
double; twice (as much); twofold
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
originally; by nature; from the start
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor