I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
foreign enemy; outside invader
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
democracy; democratic system of government
equality; impartiality; evenness
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
troublesome; annoying; complicated
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
street; quarter; district; area
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
examination in an academic subject
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead