yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
long; drawn-out; very long
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
(some) more; even more; longer; further
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
memory; sense; experience
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to make an appeal; to urge
previous engagement; prior contract
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
scale; scope; plan; structure
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful