twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
postponement; deferment; adjournment
being concerned about or mindful of
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
old friend; old acquaintance
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
being already (well) aware
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
to wander; to roam from place to place
fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
genuine; authentic; true; real
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
exaltation; emotional uplift
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
of great promise; with a promising future
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
suspension (from work or school)
last business day of the year
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
regulation; adjustment; control
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail