goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
mail clerk; post-office clerk; post-office worker; postal employee; postal worker
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
one's possessions; ownership
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to happen to have on hand or in stock
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
to sit down; to take a seat
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
day (as in holiday); daytime
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
to replace; to move; to change the position of
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named