to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
now that you say that; now that you mention it
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
joint struggle; common (united) front
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
to chase; to run after; to pursue
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to stop (plug) one's ears
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about