to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
settlement; payment of account
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
cabinet (of a government); ministry
electrically powered; electric
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to fight against; to oppose; to face
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing