number one; first; best; most; game; round
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to be opposite; to face each other
opposite side; opposition
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to go to the bathroom; to go to the restroom; to excuse oneself
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
nightlife; night amusements
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to crumble away; to collapse
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason