preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
trend; tendency; momentum
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
consent; assent; approval; permission
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to know something by direct experience; (lit.) to know through the skin
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
nice; likeable; desirable
as soon as ... is completed; as soon as ... is done; as soon as one is able to ...; as soon as one has (free time)
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
admiration; wonder; astonishment
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child