last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
name; given name; first name
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
such; like that; that sort of; very
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
place; situation; position; location
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
counter for choices, options, etc.
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?