lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
interest (in something); enthusiasm
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to collect; to assemble; to gather
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
greedy; avaricious; covetous
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
verbal promise; one's word
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options