large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
desperately; recklessly; (rushing) headlong
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
manipulation of information; spin
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
to feel at ease; to feel relaxed
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
once in a while; occasionally; at long intervals
boasting; bragging; talking big
tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
fate; chance; relationship; tie
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
newcomer; initiate; rookie
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to try all possible means
moment by moment; hour by hour
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
to stop (plug) one's ears
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
without; unless; have to do
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
at this stage; at this point; (only) now