separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
proposal; proposition; suggestion
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
punishment without a legal trial; vigilantism
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
point of compromise; common ground
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
immigration; emigration; immigrant; emigrant
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel