opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
salaried; paid; with pay; paid vacation; paid holiday; paid leave
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
it is I who should say so
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
to admire (someone's courage); to approve of (someone's ambition)
heart symbol (to ward off evil spirits)
one by one; one after another; successively
(shooting up) one after another; (sprouting up) all over the place; (growing) rapidly
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
imperial court; royal court
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
rare; uncommon; not often seen
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
license system; licence system
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
consequently; as a result; in the end
official certification; official approval; certification examination; licensing examination; hypothesis testing