opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
ten-year-old; ten year old
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
again; once again; yet again
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute
research; study; investigation
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of