various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
series of battles; successive battles
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to pant; to gasp; to be short of breath; to be excited
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
root; source; origin; cause
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
calamity; disaster; accident
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
name; given name; first name