to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
mostly involve; principally involve
extensive; vast range; wide scope
security police; special police; special; TV special; standard-playing (record); SP; shore patrol
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
article to be delivered; present
to rank next to; to come after
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
ash; embers; complete destruction
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
book making (binding, publishing)
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)
to affect; to impact; to influence
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in