tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
principle; theory; fundamental truth
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
beyond that point; after that
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
plainly; clearly; vividly
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
if it is the case that ...
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to say; to be called; to do
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to thrust before; to thrust at
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear