seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
good news; happy news; glad tidings
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
welcome; (warm) reception
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
strategic; strategically; from a strategic point of view
talk; recital; narration; topic
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
time series; chronological order; chronology
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
big problem; major issue; big controversy
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding
you can never be too careful; you can't be too cautious; better safe than sorry
to equivocate; to beat around the bush
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
(find) common (meeting) ground
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to have one's kindness taken advantage of; give him an inch and he'll take a mile; (lit.) to lend out the eaves but have one's whole house taken; to have a favor returned with spite
soon; shortly; before long; in a moment
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
promising without due consideration