longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
to collect; to assemble; to gather
competition; rivalry; feeling that something is worth the effort; motivation; enthusiasm
perfect; complete; flawless
natural virtue; personal virtue
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
clear writing; specification
persecution complex; delusion of persecution; paranoia
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
both (people); the two of them
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
onset of an illness; falling ill
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to knock down; to knock off
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)