close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
in succession; one by one
spiced sake (served at New Year's)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
logistical support; combat service support
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
ignorance; inexperience; unfamiliarity
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
sad to say; how sad; alas
in that way; like that; that way
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
way of speaking; intimation
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
exceeding one's authority; abusing one's legal authority; ultra vires activities
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
breach of faith; breach of trust; act of disloyalty