it's no joke; gimme a break!
authority; power; influence
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
is something that; is that which
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
health; healthy; sound; fit
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
to approach; to draw near
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
future (usually near); prospects