to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
decline in attendance (shopping district, workplace, etc.); differing from a typical person; atypical person
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
cardio-pulmonary function
to keep secret; to conceal
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
(air) turbulence; turbulent air
to play a central role; to take a leading part
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
climbing to the summit; summiting
lacking a plan; haphazard
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
it's always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
thicket; coppice; brushwood
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
beyond one's means or position
ideally; if one were to wish for more
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
change in a bus route; change in policy; policy change (reversal)
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)