to take charge during someone's absence
monetary; financial; pecuniary
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
insubordination; outlawry
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
to break into (a house to kill the master); to raid
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
going straight on; going straight ahead
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to blaze; to burn brightly
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
nice; good; well-executed
one shoulder exposed (e.g. because one sleeve of the kimono is undone)
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
to go crazy; to go off one's head
compressed gas cylinder; aerosol spray can
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
carbonic acid gas; carbon dioxide; CO2
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
to be profitable; to yield a profit
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection