mockery; derision; ridicule
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
neckline (of dress, etc.)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
election; selection; choice
official announcement; proclamation
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
dice; die; baton (of command)
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
change of course; changing direction; shifting position (of retreating forces); retreat
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
bad news; news of a death; death notice
fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass; bush fire; field fire; grass fire
favorite phrase; favourite phrase; byword; something one always talks about
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch
to grow up; to become an adult
to become desperate; to give in to despair
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
conservation of electric power
to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity
(telephone) area code (non-local)
don't you ever come here again!; (lit.) come here the day before yesterday
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality