elementary and middle schools
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
last week; the week before
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
to lose face; to disgrace oneself
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
to look down on; to make light of
going around; patrol; round; tour
to keep an eye on; to take care of
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to take away; to carry away
planning; project; plan; design
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
dealing with; coping with
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)