closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
to let an opportunity slip
strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to increase; to add to; to augment
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
(making, launching) concentrated attack (on, against)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to need; to call for; to require
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to assemble; to set up; to construct
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
third day of the month; three days
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
long time; long interval; for quite some time