cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
critic; reviewer; commentator
to be conspicuous; to stand out
person concerned; interested party; related party
(writing, painting) brush
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
to take advantage (of someone's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
defense capability (defence)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part
ingenuity; resourcefulness
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
administrative official; secretary; commissioner
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
successively; one after another
to blaze; to burn brightly
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
being on duty; person on duty; one's turn
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
to burrow through; to dig through
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms