handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
otherwise; or else; if not
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
inflammatory; lascivious; sensational
manner of using one's hands
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
school building; schoolhouse
construction; establishment
to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects
pre-opening (party or showing)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...