meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
mental; spiritual; emotional
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
monetary; financial; pecuniary
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to some extent; to a certain extent
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
sanctuary; Sanctuary (faction of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan); Akamatsu faction; Akamatsu group
unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
opening ceremony (of the school term)
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
military forces; hosts; troops
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
overlap; duplication; doubling
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling