project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
present; current; in operation
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
rejection (of an application)
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
provisional; temporary; tentative
personal affair; one's own affair
marriage fraud; fake marriage
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to cut loose; to act without restraint; to throw off all inhibitions; to go wild
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
capital; funds; seed money; asset
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
to get along well together; to be close to each other
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
spectacle; striking display; spectacular (scene, film, etc.); extravaganza; big-budget production
for your information; I'm telling you
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
direct descent; direct line
metre; meter; meter; gauge