mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
(no matter) who; everyone; anyone; nobody
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
just a minute; small quantity
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
real intention; true motive; true meaning
morning soap opera; morning television serial
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
like that; that way; thus
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
person concerned; interested party; related party
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
totally unexpected result; stunning upset
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
fragment; splinter; wane (of the Moon)
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
delivery; transfer; hand-over
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd