to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
fixed date; appointed day
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
no-holds-barred party; free and easy gathering
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
both; both sides; both parties
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
established practice; custom
inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
(an) if (e.g. in history)
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
revising (e.g. manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript
memories; recollections; reminiscence