materials; data; document
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
falling of the curtain; coming to an end
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
jewel; precious stone; gem
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
one (more) effort; one (more) push; a try; a go
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
to spend time (on doing something)
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
busy; having no (free) time
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
later on; eventually; afterwards
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to take the lead (of a group of people); to lead (a toast, cheer, etc.); to sing the leading notes of a song after which others join in
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
matter to be checked or investigated
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to go ahead; to pull ahead