desperation; despair; self-abandonment
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
literally; to the letter; literal
danger; peril; hazard; risk
locational advantage; advantageous position
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
tightly packed; full to capacity; jam-packed
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
to harm; to cause harm to
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
(within) walking distance
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
rational; reasonable; logical
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to be too late; to be too slow
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
3000; three thousand; many
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
group dating; gathering for young people to socialize with the opposite sex
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point