hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
preliminary arrangements; spade work
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
settlement; solution; resolution
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
offender; criminal; culprit
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
natural calamity; disaster
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
in the same way as; just like
very likely; very probable
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to be damaged; to receive damage
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
to find out; to discover; to locate
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be