to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(squad of) police; police force
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
Mayday (call for help); May Day (May 1)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
becoming dull; slowing down
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
company; corporation; workplace
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
company president; manager; director
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
emergency demands; special procurement (particularly in time of war)
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
capital; funds; seed money; asset
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
conglomerate; group of companies run as a single organization
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item