local specialty; special product (of a region)
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
(social) position; status
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
overseas student; exchange student
competent; suitable; qualified
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
far away in the distance; in the far distance
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability