(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
body; group; party; company; troupe
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
parcel bomb; mail bomb; letter bomb
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
face card; court card; picture card (in utagaruta or iroha karuta)
full house (esp. in card games such as poker)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
few decades; many decades; several decades
musical composition; tune
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill