someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
vicious circle; vicious cycle
rational; reasonable; logical
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
dozens; scores of; decades
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
background chatter on a film, TV show, etc.; walla; rhubard; extras; background actors
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to this extent; to this degree; this much
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to feel depressed; to be down
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
violent emotion; passion; fury
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering