the five Ws and one H (who, what, when, where, why and how); 5W1H
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
to make one's rounds; to patrol
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
everybody; every last one of them; all
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
on the occasion of; at the time of
to be exhausted; to be tired out
heaps of corpses all around
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
leaving everything up to someone else
rush job; slipshod job; quick-and-dirty work
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
joint together; opposite; facing
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
another time; some other time
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
one of these days; before very long; in the near future
returning tit for tat; retaliating
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to save; to leave over; to spare
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)