to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
in one's hands; in one's control
sardonic laugh; scornful smile
unqualified; without qualifications
high; noble; refined; advanced
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
production (e.g. play); direction
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
in steps of; in units of; calculated by
stale; hackneyed; cliched
profitable plan; good plan
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
other than; excluding; without
balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to backfire; to have a harmful result
long ago; previous; of a former age
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block