to have a rumor circulating
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
visiting room; visitation room
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
adventurous spirit; sense of adventure
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
government office; public office
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to grumble; to make difficulties
direct unforked road; straight path
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
irritation; annoyance; frustration
for work; for manufacturing
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
ridiculously; unusually; exceptionally
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
fate; destiny; predestination
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench