to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone; to put on a play; to present a play; to give a play
around the clock; day and night
poor (academic) performance; poor (business) results (showing)
being very busy; busyness
year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
literal translation; direct translation
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (as in a cartoon)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
premature joy; short-lived elation
au (mobile phone operator)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
to make an appeal; to urge
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
Japan and the United Kingdom; Japanese-British; Anglo-Japanese; Japanese-English (translation, interpretation, etc.)
word; term; language; speech
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
factorization; factorisation