shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
courting; wooing; making advances
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
starting point; point of departure
minor details; nonessentials
government office; public office
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
marriage fraud; fake marriage
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
way of reciting; way of telling a story
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
very interesting; of great interest
birth date; date of birth; DOB
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious