important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
to breathe out; to exhale
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
to walk in on; to tread upon
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin); to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to feel dizzy; to feel faint; to spin; to revolve; to twirl
drama; theatre; theater; play
unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
innocent; cherubic; childlike
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to show someone's true colors; to remove someone's mask; (lit.) to take the veneer off something
genuine; authentic; true; real
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
body; physique; build; stature
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
rebellious phase; rebellious age
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix