acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
advantage or disadvantage
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to place firmly; to hit very hard
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
silence (not speaking); muteness
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
even though; despite; when
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to turn completely into; to become completely
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
production (e.g. play); direction
function; facility; faculty; feature
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase