striking a deal; coming to an agreement; making noodles by hand; making handmade noodles; manual input (on a computer, etc.); entering (text) by hand
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
independent; responsible; active; subjective
to get on well (with someone); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse
quarrel; dispute; argument
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
broad support; wide-ranging support
will not do; do not; does not
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
being all smiles with joy
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court
to hoist; to lift up; to (crowd around and) rebuke; to (gang up and) criticize; to reproach severely
playing and dancing event at a preschool, kindergarten, etc.
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
to backfire; to have a harmful result
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
shady; underhanded; questionable
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint
one's long-cherished desire
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily
scar on one's forehead; frontal wound
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to bud; to sprout; to develop (of talents, feelings, etc.); to awaken
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
judge; judgement; decision; judging (a person, situation, etc.); judgement
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
on the light side (weight); (relative) lightness
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
secretary to a Diet member; secretary to a member of parliament
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
in order; sequential; seriatim
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest