origin; source; beginning; starting point
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to move forward; to move on
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
to agree on; to agree about
not long has passed since ...
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
(food that meets one's) taste; treatment
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine
to be consistent; to be coherent
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
transfer; assignment; conveyance
from outside; from the side
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
binoculars; field glasses
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board