to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
welcome; (warm) reception
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
fiction; fabrication; concoction
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to cross the line; to go too far
(having) life-and-death power (over)
medical treatment; medical care
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
there is nothing; having nothing
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
steady progress; rapid advance
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of