discretion; judgement; judgment
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
usual; ordinary; normal; ordinarily; normally; usually
what sort of; what kind of; what way
in person; personally; (do) oneself
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
leadership; initiative; spearhead
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
estrangement; alienation; sowing discord; driving a wedge
permission; approval; authorization; license
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to half-rise to one's feet
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to be embarrassed; to lose face
rain and wind; driving rain; the elements
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
absentmindedness; dreaminess; fool; blockhead; hollowness; emptiness
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known