(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade; firefighter
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
red flame; (solar) prominence
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
nod; inclination of the head
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
in detail; minutely; closely
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
reading too much into (a statement, etc.)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
way of asking; way of listening; listener
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe; not completely displeasing; fairly pleasing
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
Letter Pack (Japan Post mail service for A4-sized envelope weighing less than 4 kg)
in proportion to; according to; depending on
to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
while; during; performed in this condition
priority; order of precedence
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
in the end; at the end of the day
success or failure; outcome; result
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
the same kind; accomplice; partner
idol group; boy band; girl group
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
way of speaking; intimation
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy