experience; history; record; career
open; public; official; overt
explaining; summarizing; indicating; outlining
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
to make a mistake; to mess up; to screw up; to fail
there's no smoke without fire
to do drugs; to take (illicit) drugs
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
transfer student; student changing schools
Lethal Weapon (series) (film)
to manage something successfully; to be successful
lack of individuality or personality
burlesque; low comedy; farce
to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift
coupling; shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
10th day of the month; ten days
somewhat hard; somewhat firm; fairly hard; on the hard side
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
quarrel; dispute; argument
to make a living; to earn a livelihood
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
pack of lies; complete fabrication; all lies
publicness (degree to which a particular action will affect society as large); public nature; commonality
lack of innovation; stupidity
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)