small; fine; detailed; stingy
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
political measures; policy
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
person of high rank or position
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
review; reconsideration; revision
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
(political) administration; political power
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
endless; boundless; everlasting
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to get one's head around; to think about
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
date (of a planned event, act, etc.); day; (number of) days
to pass (of time); to elapse
breadwinner; biggest earner
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
breathing of a sleeping person
to look around; to survey
news programme; news program
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason