re-education; retraining; in-service training
session; jam session; jam
advanced level; high grade; senior
war; battle; match; game; competition
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
novel; original; new; innovative
society; public; community; social studies
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
speech; expression; wording; language
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
capital; funds; seed money; asset
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
adventurous; risky; hazardous; perilous
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
enlightenment; development; edification; public awareness; illumination; education
to be frank; to drop all pretense
to discuss; to talk together
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
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shuttlecock; shuttle service (e.g. bus); shuttle (weaving); space shuttle
outer space; void of space
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength