please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
off-focus (photography); out of focus; off the mark; off the point; irrelevant
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
control; management (e.g. of a business)
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
electronic edition; online edition
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
situation report; status report; progress report
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh