hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
major war; great war; world war
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)
all eyes (of the public); (in) full view of the public; (with) everyone looking on; (focus of) public attention
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
intuition; instinct; hunch
separate; respective; different
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
outward appearance; looks
spare time; free time; leisure time
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
to feel really ashamed; to feel extremely embarrassed; to feel humiliated; to have egg on one's face
bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor; ham actor
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
actor; actress; player; performer
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to cheat (in a romantic relationship); to play it both ways; to sit on the fence; to two-time
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
incessant talking; rapid talking
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
countermeasure; counter-measure
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
to form a complete whole; to be joined together
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
interest; (investment) yield; profits
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance