worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
this point; now; this late in the game
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
long-awaited; much-awaited
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
to be helpful; to be useful
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
long ago; a long time ago; already
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
general mobilization; full mobilization
like that; that way; thus
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
vector; direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests); focus
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
the hiragana character "ku"; chevron-shaped; dogleg-shaped
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis