fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
one day; (on) a certain day
(not) even once; (not) ever
being out of consideration; not being an option
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
Boys (The Shirelles song)
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
adult; mature; grown-up; sexy; erotic
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
defeating in an instant; instant kill
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
unexpected meeting; coincidence
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
restoration; repair; mending
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion