right in the middle (of); midst; height
moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
coolly; indifferently; nonchalantly; calmly
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
majority group (party, faction)
sign of remorse; indication of regret
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
incorrect; wrong; incorrect interpretation (answer, solution)
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
covered with; stained; smeared
(turned out) all right in the end
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
main cause; primary factor
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table