closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
rejection; negation; voting down
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to comfort; to console; to amuse
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to shake; to sway; to waver
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
name; given name; first name
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
very loose; slowly; leisurely
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to be needed; to be wanted
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
I see; that's right; indeed
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
soccer club (at a school); football club
speech and conduct; words and deeds
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
at that time; in those days
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)