to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to leave (a scene); to step away
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
battery; battery (pitcher and catcher)
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to reconciliate (with); to make peace (with)
diamond; diamond; infield; diamonds (suit)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
throw; throwing; throwing event (e.g. javelin, discus, shot put)
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
nonparticipation; nonattendance
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction; loss in quantity; reduction of quantity