image; figure; figure; form; image
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
soldier; combatant; warrior
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
go that far; to that extent
longed-for; anxiously awaited
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
within the year; before the year is out
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
tenkasu; crunchy bits of fried batter left after cooking tempura
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
red-hot iron; gunfire; gambling; violent-tempered
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
look!; there!; here!; that is
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)