to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to follow another's example
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
as; because; with; due to
difficult to ...; hard to ...
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
consideration; taking into account
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
effect; result; worth; use; avail
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
that day; the very same day
one shō bottle (1.8 litres)
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
curfew; lockdown; grounding
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
written oath; covenant; pledge
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be