to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
conversely; on the contrary
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)
the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
genuine article; real thing; real deal
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation
going through; going via; going by way of
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)