treaty; pact; convention; agreement
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
raising and lowering; praising and blaming; modulation
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
first meeting; first interview with
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
sixth day of the month; six days
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
some people; a few people; several people
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
this for sure; certainly is
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
self-consciousness; self-awareness
work style; way of working
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
nothing but; none other than
condolence; regret; tribute; sorrow; sympathy; lament