left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
in the end; at the end of the day
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
friendship; good fellowship
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
vice; immorality; corruption
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
good prospects; full of hope; promising
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool