direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
farsightedness; far-sightedness; hyperopia; hypermetropia; long-sightedness
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to join forces; to cooperate
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
prohibition of use (of); ban on using (something)