(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
incessant working; working non-stop
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
company president; manager; director
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
beginning writing (a draft); drafting
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
the same ratio or percentage
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
planning; plan; project; arrangements
understanding person; supporter
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
wasted money; unused money
distrust; unjust suspicion
to acquire a position; to hold an appointment
staying the night; lodging (at)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle
to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)
relations with one's relatives; socializing with relatives; treating a non-relative as family; being on close terms with someone as if they were a relative
leaving to chance; leaving to fate