to search for; to seek for; to look for
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
nervousness; oversensitivity
middle of the night; dead of night
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
scenery; scene; landscape
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
dawn (of a new era, civilization, etc.); dawning
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
smooth (i.e. without problems)
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
acceleration; speeding up