always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
mental derangement; madness; insanity
(act of) violence; vicious crime; murder
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
vicious circle; vicious cycle
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
oral slit; oral fissure; rima oris; cytostome
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
head start; initiative; preemption
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with; (arch.) eldest and second eldest brother; (arch.) older and younger brother
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
good policy; wise policy; best plan
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
(with a) mindset as if one were playing a video game; thinking of (treating) something as though it were a game
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)