the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
news; word; tidings; omen
un-; non-; negative prefix
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
how; in what way; by what means
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
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
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
being entrusted with; taking charge of
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
devoted; self-sacrificing
to be able to manage somehow or another
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
election; selection; choice
National Public Safety Commission
(committee) chairman; president
soon; shortly; nearly; almost