mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
opposite side; other side; other party
to order; to command; to appoint
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
in the morning; during the morning
even though; despite; when
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
according to plan; as planned
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
another species; other species
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
member of the upper house; senator
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should