crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
messenger; envoy; emissary
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to gather momentum; to gather strength; (for a trend) to reach a peak
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to shake; to sway; to waver
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
probability; likelihood; chances
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
support; backing; aid; assistance
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to say no more; to sink into silence
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to take command; to give direction
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
in comparison to; rather than
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
birth; creation; formation
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch