recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
directly opposite; right in front
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
completion; perfection; accomplishment
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
remarkable; striking; obvious
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
master; teacher; stable master
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
point in common; common feature
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
Chinese whispers; telephone (game)
in search of; in order to look for
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
to have as a side order (with drinks); to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
overlooking; turning a blind eye
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)