effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
opinion; intention; thought
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
support group; fan club; (election) committee
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
both (people); the two of them
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
in the meanwhile; during the time
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
they; those guys; those fellows
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to start to move; to get going; to come alive