proposal; motion; recommendation
general; overall; across-the-board
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
emergency; urgency; imminence
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
important points; main points
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
only; merely; but; no more than
refining; refinement; smelting; training
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
by itself; automatically; naturally
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to be born; to come into the world
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
intermediate color; intermediate colour; neutral color or tint; neutral colour
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible