intelligence gathering; information gathering
personal criticism; character sketch
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
research; study; investigation
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
adherent; devotee; believer
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to