close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
rifling a gun barrel; making lines
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty)
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
great difference; major mistake
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
making practical; making useful; implementing
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); displaying (a Buddhist image); revealing (something that is supposed to remain hidden); opening (a gambling house); holding (a gambling party)
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
to exchange gunfire; to exchange shots
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
trend of the times; way things are going
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden