plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to press a question; to cross-examine
inaccurate; indistinct; imprecise; unclear; indecisive
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
keen eye; sharp eye; keen insight; keen perception
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to talk to oneself; to mutter
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
to indicate; to show; to point to
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
formless; immaterial; intangible; incorporeal; abstract; moral
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
distortion; falsification; perversion
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
probatio diabolica; devil's proof
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
scar; spasm; twitch; cramp