(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried); katsu
self-supporting student; working student
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
to discount; to reduce (the price); to take off (a percentage); to take with a grain of salt; to not take at face value; to discount
derailment; digression; deviation
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
in public; in company; in the presence of others
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
help; assistance; service
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
what date?; what's the date?; when?
each day; from day to day; day-to-day
11th day of the month; 11 days
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
offensive (movement); aggression
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
to tread on thin ice; to walk on thin ice; to take a grave risk; to be in a precarious situation
criminal investigation; prosecution; examination; investigation
innocence; being not guilty
nonprosecution; nonindictment
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent