to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
in search of; in order to look for
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
gag order; gag rule; gag law
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
someone else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
(the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
to play around; to gallivant about
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
sexually transmitted disease; STD; sexually transmitted infection; STI; venereal disease; VD
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
(level of) comfort (in the place one lives)
to talk big; to be bombastic
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)