means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
reward; honorarium; remuneration
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to become possible; to become able to (do)
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
curved; forming the shape of an arch
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to collapse into; to flop onto
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to overdo; to do too much
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to forget completely; to leave behind
that; the matter in question
(how) many times; (how) often
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape