repaying a kindness; gratitude
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
irrational (line of) argument
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
kindness; intimacy; friendship
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
(examination) comments and marks; rating
at all costs; at any cost; surmounting all difficulties
to keep a watchful eye on
(full) name; family name and given name
in order; in turn; one by one
to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
half-sibling (with a different mother)
ex-wife; former wife; previous wife
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
to form a pair; to pair up
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
interference; meddling; butting in
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code