clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to take over; to hand over
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
absence; disregard; indifference
independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to thrust before; to thrust at
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to rock; to shake; to swing
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
imposing stance; daunting pose
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another