new book; new publication
that's the way it is; such is life
shelving; pigeonholing; putting to one side; strangling; throttling; crushing
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
clearing one's throat; cough
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to discuss; to talk together
to make public; to bring to light
time; season; period; phase; stage
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to put in a word for; to second; to support
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
same crime; being equally guilty
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
leading actor; protagonist
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
silence (not speaking); muteness
to repeat; to do something over again
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
right to know; right to access information
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to show up; to appear; to turn up
all present; all concerned; all of us
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind