scene; sight; scenario; setting
production (e.g. play); direction
damage (esp. financial) caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors)
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
leaping flames; flying sparks; spread of fire (due to leaping flames); repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; impetigo contagiosa
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
countermeasure; counter-measure
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
reconciliation; make peace with
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
this and that; one thing or another
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
return of something; repayment
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
person who oversleeps; sleepyhead
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart