superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
forcibly; against one's will
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
being dotted with; being scattered
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
flying bird; soaring bird
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
puffing (e.g. steam train); chugging; steaming; feeling hot
to differ; to vary; to disagree
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to bring; to take; to bring about
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to continue to do; to persist in doing
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off