to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to peel (off); to come off
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
vigilante group; neighborhood watch; self-defense group
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
finished product; finished goods; completed article
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course
extremely talented; very gifted
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
feeling of calmness and relaxation
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
back (of a chair); backrest
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to be harboured (of negative feelings or thoughts); to be rooted in one's mind; to coil; to curl around; to become tangled (e.g. of roots)