powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
boy; son; baby boy; young man
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
incident; affair; happening; event
so what!; who gives a damn?
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
the opposite sex; isomerism
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
"lucky" underwear (esp. panties), set aside for special dates
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to be forward; to be impertinent
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
grasp; catch; understanding
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
surely; certainly; without doubt
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
there is no way that ...; easy; simple