generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to play a leading role; to play a central part
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
one's house; one's home; one's family
defense; defence; defensive preparations
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
face value (of a security, bond, or currency); literal meaning; word for word (meaning); (at) face value
to shave off; to scrape off
clear layer of fluid (at the top of a mixture); supernatant liquid; supernate
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally