mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men
guidance; leadership; leading the way
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
consequence; result; conclusion
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
right to choose; a say; option
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to kill; to choke the life out of
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to follow advice; to act upon advice
supreme leader; ultimate leader
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
family-oriented; familial
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
one's own army; one's own team
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to jump into; to rush into
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
to peel; to skin; to pare
one after another; in rapid succession
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
grasp; catch; understanding
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)