idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
final program (programme, plan)
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
to concern; to be related
final responsibility; ultimate responsibility
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
direct connection; direct link
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
(can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha
swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
popular song program on radio or television
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)