(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
grotesque; disgusting; gross
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
headquarters; head office; main office
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
failure; mistake; blunder
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
matter of time; question of time
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...