public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
generation; lifetime; age
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
serious condition; critical condition
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
hot topic; talk of the town
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
here and there; around and about
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
bet; wager; stake; gamble
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
still; even now; to this day
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up
early on; earlier on; from early
attending a government office; going to work (for a government official)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to be lost in thought; to be immersed in reverie
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
preface; introduction; preamble
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
high-quality Japanese paper
rolled letter paper; roll of paper
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
to be separated (of clothing); to be exposed; to be wide open; to stand with one's limbs apart; to block the way