experimental; provisional
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
beginning; opening; start; outset
phrase; phrase; strawberry
chief; main; principal; major
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
found article; thing picked up (e.g. in the street); (lucky) find; piece of good luck; windfall
(by force of) circumstances
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
wearing (e.g. a uniform, seat belt, helmet); having on
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
guess; conjecture; surmise
finding employment; getting a job
job hunting; job searching
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
template; run of the mill; formulaic
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
to refer to; to mention (e.g. theme)
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
heir; inheritor; successor
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
top news; front-page news; lead story
most difficult; next to impossible
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment