evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
to hang (something) on the wall
trivial; not amounting to much
related to; in relation to
show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
mechanism; organization; organisation
loincloth; waistcloth; kimono underskirt
handbook; instruction book; manual
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
examination results; test result; test outcome
dissection; autopsy; analysis
experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; (lit.) it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
Western-influenced; occidental-looking; exotic; (lit.) smelling of butter
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
lovers talk; sweet nothings
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
forced repatriation; deportation
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
oily (face, hair, food, etc.); persistent (person, personality, etc.); insistent
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet