efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to stay (at); to stop (at)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
pull; patronage; tug; discount
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
simply put; putting it simply; in short
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
to collect; to assemble; to gather
materials; data; document
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
promising without due consideration
(not so) much; (not) very
turning point; tipping point; commutation point
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
mountain range; mountain belt
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
due form; official; formality
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
to bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled; to be reunited (e.g. couple); to be reinstated
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time