(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
topic of discussion; agenda
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
bluff; false show of power; bold front
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
nothing but; none other than
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
repentance; confession; penitence
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
wrong; different; not like that
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
studying very hard; studying like mad
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
return; relapse; recurrence
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to glare at each other; to confront each other
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...