leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
group; bunch; crowd; group
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
older sister and younger brother
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
plan B; alternative plan; workaround
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
guidelines for action; personal principles
as planned; according to plan
either way; in any case; one way or another
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
way of calling (something or someone)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
back (side); reverse; the inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
trifling; little; few; slight
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; giving vent to one's frustrations; cooling off
sooner or later; in time; eventually
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
existence; possession; having; limited company
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.)
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth